About Karian Village

Karian is a mid sized village in Fazilka tehsil, in the district of Firozpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,539, made up of 827 males and 712 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1043 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Firozpur
Tehsil	Fazilka
Pincode	152123
Area (hectares)	1043 hectares
Population	1,539
Male Population	827
Female Population	712
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karian compares

By the 2011 count Karian is the 93rd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents. Its 1043 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Karian

Karian is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karian as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karian from other places

Karian lies about 90 km from Firozpur, and the nearest railway station is Jandwala, about 6.4 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 Karian
Nearest railway station	Jandwala	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fazilka	9.8 km
District headquarters	Firozpur	90 km

Villages closest to Karian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karian village had a population of 1,539. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,384 residents.

Karian village has 827 males and 712 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karian has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

The pincode recorded for Karian is 152123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karian covers 1043 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karian falls under Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Karian is Jandwala, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karian.

Karian is about 90 km from Firozpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karian is in Fazilka tehsil of Firozpur district. Jandwala is about 6.4 km away. Fazilka is about 9.8 km away. Firozpur is about 90 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.