About Karaya Village

Karaya is a large village in Beltangadi tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,948, made up of 2,013 males and 1,935 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 961 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574326, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil	Beltangadi
Pincode	574326
Area (hectares)	954.41 hectares
Population	3,948
Male Population	2,013
Female Population	1,935
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	961
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaya compares

By the 2011 count Karaya is the 20th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 954.41 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Karaya

Karaya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karaya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karaya from other places

Karaya lies about 3.8 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Kabaka Puttur, about 12 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 Karaya
District headquarters	Dakshina Kannada	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Kabaka Puttur	12 km
Nearest town	Puttūr	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Beltangadi	13 km

Villages closest to Karaya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaya village had a population of 3,948. That makes it the 20th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Karaya village has 2,013 males and 1,935 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaya has about 961 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Karaya is 574326. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaya covers 954.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaya falls under Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Karaya is Kabaka Puttur, about 12 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karaya.

Karaya is about 3.8 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaya is in Beltangadi tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Dakshina Kannada is about 3.8 km away. Kabaka Puttur is about 12 km away. Puttūr is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.