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About Karai Village

Karai is a small village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 261, made up of 138 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733127, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karai village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733127
Area (hectares) 89.54 hectares
Population 261
Male Population 138
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karai compares

By the 2011 count Karai is the 233rd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 89.54 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Karai

Karai is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Karai as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Karai from other places

Karai lies about 169 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Mallarpur, 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 Karai
Nearest railway station Mallarpur 2.0 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 21 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 169 km

Villages closest to Karai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karai village had a population of 261. That makes it the 233rd largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Karai village has 138 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karai has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Karai is 733127. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karai covers 89.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karai falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Karai is Mallarpur, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karai.

Karai is about 169 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karai is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Mallarpur is about 2.0 km away. Rampur Hat is about 13 km away. Tapan is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Daing Malancha (1.6 km), Malancha (1.6 km) and Dakshin Jamalpur (2.0 km).

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

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