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About Karri Village

Karri is a small village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 395, made up of 207 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415.65 hectares hectares.

Karri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karri village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Dudhi
Area (hectares) 415.65 hectares
Population 395
Male Population 207
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karri compares

By the 2011 count Karri is the 237th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 415.65 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Karri

Karri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karri from other places

Karri lies about 59 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 2.3 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 Karri
Nearest railway station Jharokhas 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Dudhi 8.2 km
Nearest town Renukūt 16 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 59 km

Villages closest to Karri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karri village had a population of 395. That makes it the 237th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Karri village has 207 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karri has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Karri covers 415.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karri falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karri is Jharokhas, about 2.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karri.

Karri is about 59 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karri is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Jharokhas is about 2.3 km away. Dudhi is about 8.2 km away. Renukūt is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mahuariya (under 2 km), Gulal Jhariya (under 2 km) and Jharo Kala (2.5 km).

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

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