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About Karmatanr Village

Karmatanr is a mid sized village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,121, made up of 580 males and 541 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 477 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karmatanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karmatanr village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dhanwar
Pincode 825418
Area (hectares) 477 hectares
Population 1,121
Male Population 580
Female Population 541
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 933
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karmatanr compares

By the 2011 count Karmatanr is the 63rd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 477 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Karmatanr

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

How far is Karmatanr from other places

Karmatanr lies about 50 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, 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 Karmatanr
Nearest railway station Dhanwar 6.6 km
Nearest town Barki Saria 33 km
District headquarters Giridih 50 km

Villages closest to Karmatanr

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

Common questions about Karmatanr

As per the Census of India 2011, Karmatanr village had a population of 1,121. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Karmatanr village has 580 males and 541 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karmatanr has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Karmatanr is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karmatanr covers 477 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karmatanr falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karmatanr is Dhanwar, about 6.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karmatanr.

Karmatanr is about 50 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karmatanr is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 6.6 km away. Barki Saria is about 33 km away. Giridih is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gosain Raidih (under 2 km), Gosain Bigha (under 2 km) and Khesnal (under 2 km).

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

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