About Karaipur Village

Karaipur is a small village in Kaliaganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 278, made up of 135 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733129, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaipur village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Kaliaganj
Pincode	733129
Area (hectares)	87.03 hectares
Population	278
Male Population	135
Female Population	143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,059
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karaipur compares

By the 2011 count Karaipur is the 176th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents. Its 87.03 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

Getting to Karaipur

Karaipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karaipur 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karaipur from other places

Karaipur lies about 66 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Buniadpur, about 12 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 Karaipur
Nearest railway station	Buniadpur	12 km
Nearest town	Gangārāmpur	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kaliaganj	18 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	66 km

Villages closest to Karaipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaipur village had a population of 278. That makes it the 176th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,172 residents.

Karaipur village has 135 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaipur has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 957.

The pincode recorded for Karaipur is 733129. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaipur covers 87.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaipur falls under Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Karaipur is Buniadpur, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Karaipur.

Karaipur is about 66 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaipur is in Kaliaganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Buniadpur is about 12 km away. Gangārāmpur is about 16 km away. Kaliaganj is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.