About Karkachia Village

Karkachia is a small village in Bishunpura tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 141 males and 115 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 202.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkachia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkachia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Bishunpura
Pincode	822128
Area (hectares)	202.38 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	141
Female Population	115
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karkachia compares

By the 2011 count Karkachia is the 22nd largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents. Its 202.38 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Karkachia

Karkachia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkachia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Karkachia from other places

Karkachia lies about 28 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 6.6 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 Karkachia
Nearest railway station	Nagar Untari	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bishunpura	8.2 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	28 km

Villages closest to Karkachia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkachia village had a population of 256. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 29 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,112 residents.

Karkachia village has 141 males and 115 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkachia has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Karkachia is 822128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkachia covers 202.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkachia falls under Bishunpura tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkachia is Nagar Untari, about 6.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karkachia.

Karkachia is about 28 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkachia is in Bishunpura tehsil of Garhwa district. Nagar Untari is about 6.6 km away. Bishunpura is about 8.2 km away. Garhwa is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.