About Karkata Kalan Village

Karkata Kalan is a small village in Kasmar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 245 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 389 hectares hectares.

Karkata Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkata Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Kasmar
Area (hectares)	389 hectares
Population	471
Male Population	245
Female Population	226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
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 Karkata Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Karkata Kalan is the 54th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 389 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Karkata Kalan

Karkata Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkata Kalan 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 Karkata Kalan from other places

Karkata Kalan lies about 31 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Harubera, about 14 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 Karkata Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Kasmar	7.5 km
Nearest railway station	Harubera	14 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	20 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	31 km

Villages closest to Karkata Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kasmar 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 Karkata Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkata Kalan village had a population of 471. That makes it the 54th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Karkata Kalan village has 245 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkata Kalan has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 964.

Karkata Kalan covers 389 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkata Kalan falls under Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkata Kalan is Harubera, about 14 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 Karkata Kalan.

Karkata Kalan is about 31 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkata Kalan is in Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district. Kasmar is about 7.5 km away. Harubera is about 14 km away. Kathhāra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.