About Karke Village

Karke is a mid sized village in Garhwa tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,318, made up of 664 males and 654 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 315 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karke village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Garhwa
Pincode	822124
Area (hectares)	315 hectares
Population	1,318
Male Population	664
Female Population	654
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karke compares

By the 2011 count Karke is the 46th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,372 residents. Its 315 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Karke

Karke is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karke 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karke from other places

Karke lies about 10 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 11 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 Karke
Tehsil headquarters	Garhwa	10 km
Nearest railway station	Garwa	11 km

Villages closest to Karke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karke village had a population of 1,318. That makes it the 46th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,372 residents.

Karke village has 664 males and 654 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karke has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 920.

The pincode recorded for Karke is 822124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karke covers 315 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karke falls under Garhwa tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karke is Garwa, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Karke.

Karke is about 10 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karke is in Garhwa tehsil of Garhwa district. Garhwa is about 10 km away. Garwa is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.