About Karo Village

Karo is a mid sized village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,338, made up of 688 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 760 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825321, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karo village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825321
Area (hectares)	760 hectares
Population	1,338
Male Population	688
Female Population	650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karo compares

By the 2011 count Karo is the 28th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 760 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Karo

Karo is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karo as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karo from other places

Karo lies about 54 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Ray, about 8.6 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 Karo
Nearest railway station	Ray	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	12 km
Nearest town	Churi	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	54 km

Villages closest to Karo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karo village had a population of 1,338. That makes it the 28th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Karo village has 688 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karo has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Karo is 825321. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karo covers 760 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karo falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karo is Ray, about 8.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karo.

Karo is about 54 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karo is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Ray is about 8.6 km away. Tandwa is about 12 km away. Churi is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.