About Karakathal Village

Karakathal is a large village in Viramgam tehsil, in the district of Ahmadabad, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,962, made up of 2,617 males and 2,345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2919.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 382150, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karakathal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karakathal village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Ahmadabad
Tehsil	Viramgam
Pincode	382150
Area (hectares)	2919.09 hectares
Population	4,962
Male Population	2,617
Female Population	2,345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karakathal compares

By the 2011 count Karakathal is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,083 residents. Its 2919.09 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Karakathal

Karakathal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karakathal as Available within village. 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 Karakathal from other places

Karakathal lies about 49 km from Ahmadabad, and the nearest railway station is Sokali, about 5.1 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 Karakathal
Nearest railway station	Sokali	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Viramgam	10 km
Nearest town	Viramgām	10 km
District headquarters	Ahmadabad	49 km

Villages closest to Karakathal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karakathal village had a population of 4,962. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,083 residents.

Karakathal village has 2,617 males and 2,345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karakathal has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Karakathal is 382150. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karakathal covers 2919.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karakathal falls under Viramgam tehsil of Ahmadabad district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Karakathal is Sokali, about 5.1 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karakathal.

Karakathal is about 49 km from Ahmadabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karakathal is in Viramgam tehsil of Ahmadabad district. Sokali is about 5.1 km away. Viramgam is about 10 km away. Viramgām is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.