About Karia Village

Karia is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,938, made up of 1,012 males and 926 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 892.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karia village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231210
Area (hectares)	892.29 hectares
Population	1,938
Male Population	1,012
Female Population	926
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karia compares

By the 2011 count Karia is the 32nd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 892.29 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Karia

Karia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karia 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karia from other places

Karia lies about 11 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Agori Khas, about 2.0 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 Karia
Nearest railway station	Agori Khas	2.0 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	11 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	35 km

Villages closest to Karia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karia village had a population of 1,938. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Karia village has 1,012 males and 926 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karia has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Karia is 231210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karia covers 892.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karia falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karia is Agori Khas, about 2.0 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karia.

Karia is about 11 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karia is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Agori Khas is about 2.0 km away. Sonbhadra is about 11 km away. Robertsganj is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.