Karahiya is a town in Tilottama Municipality in Rupandehi District in Lumbini Province of southern Nepal.

It is located halfway between Butwal and Bhairahawa in the foothills of Chhure range and on the bank of Tinau River.

[1] At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 10,550 people living in 1992 individual households.

[2] People of many castes like Brahman, Gurung, Magar, Kshtri, Tharu, Muslims and others with various religions live there.

As the area lies near to the Indian state of UP, people follow various rituals and the people near the border have deep influence of Indian rites and rituals.