# Karangarh Village, Imamganj, Gaya (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Imamganj, Gaya 

# Karangarh

Karangarh is a village in Imamganj sub-district of Gaya district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **631 people in 108 households**, the 101st largest of 184 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 59.6%.

- 631people (2011)
- 108households
- 38.5%literacy
- 829females per 1,000 males

## Karangarh PIN code and other codes

Karangarh falls in Imamganj sub-district, Gaya district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBiraj
- Community development blockImamganj
- Census village code255998

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Karangarh from nearby towns?

- Imamganj (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Gaya (district HQ)62 km by road
- Sherghati (nearest town)42 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Karangarh?

1 services counted by the Census are inside Karangarh; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●All-weather roadIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Kothi
- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kothi
- ○Degree college10+ km · Sherghati
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Gaya
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Karangarh known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 81% of the 79 hectares of village land is sown, and 56 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Karangarh

Of every 100 households in Karangarh in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Karangarh · ■ Imamganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****8%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Karangarh?

■ Karangarh · ■ Imamganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.5%**

**59.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****829**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****820**

**991

Working population ****54.4%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.3% for men and 32.6% for women. 56% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 14 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (83%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Marginal 42 (12%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Imamganj

- Pandepura660 people
- Jalwar654 people
- Dewajara646 people
- Bataspur643 people
- Bagahi629 people
- Patail625 people
- Parsotimpur623 people
- Jhikatia Salis616 people

[All 195 villages in Imamganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/gaya/imamganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karangarh from Gaya?62 km by road
- What is the population of Karangarh?631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karangarh in?Gaya district (Imamganj sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Karangarh?38.5% (Census 2011)