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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Karanpur is a village in Nathnagar mandal, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, with a population of 321 across 87 households. The village has a literacy rate of 87.5% and is located at PIN 812004.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
JYOTI KUMARI
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- LGD code
- 239450
- Pincode
- 812004
- Post office
- Champanagar
- Population
- 321
- Households
- 87
- Literacy rate
- 87.5%
- Sex ratio
- 1045 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 99
- Distance to district centre
- 85 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 74 km
- Distance to Patna
- 265 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 294 km
- Nearest railway station
- Karanpurato · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- PHC, Banjhi · 7 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karanpur compares
By population, Karanpur ranks #85 of 154 villages in Nathnagar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
87.5%
+43.2% vs mandal average
Karanpur87.5%
Nathnagar mandal44.3%
Bhagalpur district51.8%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,045
+161 vs mandal average
Karanpur1,045
Nathnagar mandal884
Household size
people per home
3.7
−2.3 vs mandal average
Karanpur3.7
Nathnagar mandal6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karanpur at a glance
Karanpur is a village of 321 people in 87 households (Census 2011) in Nathnagar block, Bhagalpur district, Bihar, the 85th-largest of 154 villages in Nathnagar block. Literacy is 88%, 43 points above the block average of 44% and the sex ratio is 1,045 women per 1,000 men. It lies 85 km from the Bhagalpur district centre, 0 km from Karanpur, the nearest town, 1 km from Karanpurato railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 812004, served by Champanagar post office; the LGD village code is 239450. The nearest hospital or health centre is PHC, Banjhi, 7 km away. The sarpanch is JYOTI KUMARI, and the village votes in Dhamdaha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Leshi Singh. The population is estimated at 378 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karanpur
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- No
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BHAGALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 15
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 15
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Rannuchak
- Total area (ha)
- 64
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 41
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karanpur
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karanpur
- LGD code
- 239450
- Pincode
- 812004
- Post office
- Champanagar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 321
- Population (projected 2026)
- 378
- Households
- 87
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1045
- Literacy rate
- 87.5%
- Coordinates
- 25.14865°N, 87.72641°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Dhamdaha
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Leshi Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- JYOTI KUMARI
- Block / Mandal
- Nathnagar
Getting there
How to reach Karanpur
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna265 kmcapital
- Kolkata294 km
- Delhi1111 km
- Hyderabad1288 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationKaranpurato1 km
- Bus stopBaldiabari More25 km
- Hospital / PHCPHC, Banjhi7 km
- CollegeD S College45 km
- Police stationKaliachak Police Station43 km
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-24
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)