About Karikan Village

Karikan is one of the larger villages in Khaga tehsil, in the district of Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 17,540, made up of 9,232 males and 8,308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1788.42 hectares hectares.

Karikan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karikan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Fatehpur
Tehsil	Khaga
Area (hectares)	1788.42 hectares
Population	17,540
Male Population	9,232
Female Population	8,308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karikan compares

By the 2011 count Karikan is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 1788.42 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Karikan

Karikan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karikan 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. The nearest villages by name are Kahi, Kalayanpur Kacharauli, Kalayanpur Kasar and Karaha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karikan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karikan village had a population of 17,540. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Karikan village has 9,232 males and 8,308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karikan has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 921.

Karikan covers 1788.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karikan falls under Khaga tehsil of Fatehpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Karikan notes the nearest railway station 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 Karikan.

Karikan is in Khaga tehsil of Fatehpur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.