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About Karaibari Village

Karaibari is a mid sized village in Falakata tehsil, in the district of Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,871, made up of 985 males and 886 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 319.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 735216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaibari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaibari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Jalpaiguri
Tehsil Falakata
Pincode 735216
Area (hectares) 319.95 hectares
Population 1,871
Male Population 985
Female Population 886
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaibari compares

By the 2011 count Karaibari is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 4,069 residents. Its 319.95 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 943.

Getting to Karaibari

Karaibari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karaibari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Karaibari from other places

Karaibari lies about 54 km from Jalpaiguri, and the nearest railway station is Matabhanga, about 4.3 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 Karaibari
Nearest town Mātābhānga 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Matabhanga 4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Falakata 19 km
District headquarters Jalpaiguri 54 km

Villages closest to Karaibari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaibari village had a population of 1,871. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,069 residents.

Karaibari village has 985 males and 886 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaibari has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Karaibari is 735216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaibari covers 319.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaibari falls under Falakata tehsil of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Karaibari is Matabhanga, about 4.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karaibari.

Karaibari is about 54 km from Jalpaiguri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaibari is in Falakata tehsil of Jalpaiguri district. Mātābhānga is about 2.6 km away. Matabhanga is about 4.3 km away. Falakata is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Falakata (19 km), Beltali Bhandani (26 km) and Dalimpur (32 km).

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

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