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About Karuanjhar Village

Karuanjhar is a mid sized village in Khaprakhol tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,083, made up of 526 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 394 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767038, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karuanjhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karuanjhar village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Balangir
Tehsil Khaprakhol
Pincode 767038
Area (hectares) 394 hectares
Population 1,083
Male Population 526
Female Population 557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karuanjhar compares

By the 2011 count Karuanjhar is the 15th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 772 residents. Its 394 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Karuanjhar

Karuanjhar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karuanjhar as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karuanjhar from other places

Karuanjhar lies about 78 km from Balangir, and the nearest railway station is Harishanker Rd, about 3.5 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 Karuanjhar
Nearest railway station Harishanker Rd 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Khaprakhol 17 km
Nearest town Kantābānji 28 km
District headquarters Balangir 78 km

Villages closest to Karuanjhar

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

Common questions about Karuanjhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Karuanjhar village had a population of 1,083. That makes it the 15th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 772 residents.

Karuanjhar village has 526 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karuanjhar has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Karuanjhar is 767038. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karuanjhar covers 394 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karuanjhar falls under Khaprakhol tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Karuanjhar is Harishanker Rd, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Karuanjhar is about 78 km from Balangir in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karuanjhar is in Khaprakhol tehsil of Balangir district. Harishanker Rd is about 3.5 km away. Khaprakhol is about 17 km away. Kantābānji is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chauldia (under 2 km), Sangurjibhata (2.2 km) and Kendubhata (3.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karuanjhar today is likely to be higher.

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