About Karitanr Village

Karitanr is a small village in Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 195 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karitanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karitanr village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata
Pincode	828201
Area (hectares)	83.9 hectares
Population	393
Male Population	195
Female Population	198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karitanr compares

By the 2011 count Karitanr is the 21st largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,285 residents. Its 83.9 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Karitanr

Karitanr is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karitanr 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karitanr from other places

Karitanr lies about 23 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Tetulmari, about 22 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 Karitanr
Nearest railway station	Tetulmari	22 km
Nearest town	Giridih	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata	23 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	23 km

Villages closest to Karitanr

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata 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 Karitanr

As per the Census of India 2011, Karitanr village had a population of 393. That makes it the 21st largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,285 residents.

Karitanr village has 195 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karitanr has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 911.

The pincode recorded for Karitanr is 828201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karitanr covers 83.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karitanr falls under Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karitanr is Tetulmari, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karitanr.

Karitanr is about 23 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karitanr is in Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata tehsil of Dhanbad district. Tetulmari is about 22 km away. Giridih is about 23 km away. Dhanbad Cum Kenduadih Cum Jagata is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.