About Karkatta Village

Karkatta is a mid sized village in Kutumba tehsil, in the district of Aurangabad, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 543, made up of 268 males and 275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkatta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Aurangabad
Tehsil	Kutumba
Pincode	824111
Area (hectares)	104 hectares
Population	543
Male Population	268
Female Population	275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,026
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkatta compares

By the 2011 count Karkatta is the 125th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents. Its 104 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Karkatta

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

How far is Karkatta from other places

Karkatta lies about 12 km from Aurangabad, and the nearest railway station is Ankorha, about 16 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 Karkatta
Tehsil headquarters	Kutumba	9.2 km
District headquarters	Aurangabad	12 km
Nearest town	Aurangābād	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ankorha	16 km

Villages closest to Karkatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkatta village had a population of 543. That makes it the 125th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,053 residents.

Karkatta village has 268 males and 275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkatta has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 942.

The pincode recorded for Karkatta is 824111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkatta covers 104 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkatta falls under Kutumba tehsil of Aurangabad district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Karkatta is Ankorha, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 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 Karkatta.

Karkatta is about 12 km from Aurangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkatta is in Kutumba tehsil of Aurangabad district. Kutumba is about 9.2 km away. Aurangabad is about 12 km away. Aurangābād is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.