About Kariha Village

Kariha is a large village in Nawanshahr tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,533, made up of 1,277 males and 1,256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144508, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kariha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kariha village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Nawanshahr
Pincode	144508
Area (hectares)	631 hectares
Population	2,533
Male Population	1,277
Female Population	1,256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Kariha compares

By the 2011 count Kariha is the 23rd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 631 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Kariha

Kariha 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 Kariha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kariha from other places

Kariha lies about 2.5 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Kariha, about under 2 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 Kariha
Nearest railway station	Kariha	under 2 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawanshahr	5.3 km

Villages closest to Kariha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kariha village had a population of 2,533. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Kariha village has 1,277 males and 1,256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kariha has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Kariha is 144508. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kariha covers 631 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kariha falls under Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Kariha is Kariha, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Kariha is about 2.5 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kariha is in Nawanshahr tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Kariha is about under 2 km away. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar is about 2.5 km away. Nawanshahr is about 5.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.