About Kargopahar Village

Kargopahar is a small village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 82, made up of 35 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,343 females per 1000 males. The village covers 110.61 hectares hectares.

Kargopahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kargopahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Area (hectares)	110.61 hectares
Population	82
Male Population	35
Female Population	47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,343
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kargopahar compares

By the 2011 count Kargopahar is the 160th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 110.61 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Kargopahar

Kargopahar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kargopahar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kargopahar from other places

Kargopahar lies about 16 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 3.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kargopahar
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	3.6 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	16 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	16 km

Villages closest to Kargopahar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barhait tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kargopahar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kargopahar village had a population of 82. That makes it the 160th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Kargopahar village has 35 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kargopahar has about 1343 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

Kargopahar covers 110.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kargopahar falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kargopahar is Karanpurato, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Kargopahar.

Kargopahar is about 16 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kargopahar is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 3.6 km away. Rājmahal is about 14 km away. Barhait is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.