About Kargalikalan Village

Kargalikalan is a mid sized village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 736, made up of 374 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kargalikalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kargalikalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825412
Area (hectares)	158.49 hectares
Population	736
Male Population	374
Female Population	362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
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 Kargalikalan compares

By the 2011 count Kargalikalan is the 116th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 158.49 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Kargalikalan

Kargalikalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Kargalikalan 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 Kargalikalan from other places

Kargalikalan lies about 48 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 7.7 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 Kargalikalan
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanwar	9.4 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	24 km
District headquarters	Giridih	48 km

Villages closest to Kargalikalan

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.

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Common questions about Kargalikalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kargalikalan village had a population of 736. That makes it the 116th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Kargalikalan village has 374 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kargalikalan has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Kargalikalan is 825412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kargalikalan covers 158.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kargalikalan falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Kargalikalan is Nawadih, about 7.7 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 Kargalikalan.

Kargalikalan is about 48 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kargalikalan is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Nawadih is about 7.7 km away. Dhanwar is about 9.4 km away. Barki Saria is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.