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About Karikadar Village

Karikadar is a small village in Ranishwar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 197 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karikadar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karikadar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Ranishwar
Pincode 816118
Area (hectares) 172.17 hectares
Population 401
Male Population 197
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karikadar compares

By the 2011 count Karikadar is the 79th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 526 residents. Its 172.17 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Karikadar

Karikadar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karikadar as Available within 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. The nearest villages by name are Kalaibari, Kalakata, Kalipathar and Kalipathar Chhit. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Karikadar

As per the Census of India 2011, Karikadar village had a population of 401. That makes it the 79th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 526 residents.

Karikadar village has 197 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karikadar has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Karikadar is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karikadar covers 172.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karikadar falls under Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Karikadar notes the nearest railway station 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karikadar.

Karikadar is in Ranishwar tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karikadar today is likely to be higher.

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