About Keraya Village

Keraya is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 35 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,429 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keraya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keraya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816109
Area (hectares)	133.85 hectares
Population	85
Male Population	35
Female Population	50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,429
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 Keraya compares

By the 2011 count Keraya is the 182nd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 133.85 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1022.

Getting to Keraya

Keraya is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Keraya 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 Keraya from other places

Keraya lies about 16 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 15 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 Keraya
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Karanpurato	15 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	16 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	16 km

Villages closest to Keraya

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Borio 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 Keraya

As per the Census of India 2011, Keraya village had a population of 85. That makes it the 182nd largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Keraya village has 35 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keraya has about 1429 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Keraya is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keraya covers 133.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keraya falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Keraya is Karanpurato, about 15 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 Keraya.

Keraya 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.

Keraya is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Borio is about 7.5 km away. Karanpurato is about 15 km away. Sahibganj is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.