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About Karimpur Village

Karimpur is a small village in Sonarpur tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 241 males and 238 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 700150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karimpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karimpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Sonarpur
Pincode 700150
Area (hectares) 52.52 hectares
Population 479
Male Population 241
Female Population 238
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karimpur compares

By the 2011 count Karimpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents. Its 52.52 hectares work out to about 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Karimpur

The census records public bus service for Karimpur 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karimpur from other places

Karimpur lies about 38 km from South Twenty Four Parganas, and the nearest railway station is Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, about 1.7 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 Karimpur
Nearest railway station Hemanta Mukhopadhyay 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonarpur 8.1 km
Nearest town Kolkata 8.1 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 38 km

Villages closest to Karimpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karimpur village had a population of 479. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,716 residents.

Karimpur village has 241 males and 238 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karimpur has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Karimpur is 700150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karimpur covers 52.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karimpur falls under Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Karimpur is Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Karimpur.

Karimpur is about 38 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karimpur is in Sonarpur tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Hemanta Mukhopadhyay is about 1.7 km away. Sonarpur is about 8.1 km away. Kolkata is about 8.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chak Kolarkhal (under 2 km), Jagatipata (under 2 km) and Bhagabanpur (1.7 km).

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

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