About Karmai Village

Karmai is a mid sized village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,488, made up of 768 males and 720 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karmai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karmai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	90.8 hectares
Population	1,488
Male Population	768
Female Population	720
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
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 Karmai compares

By the 2011 count Karmai is the 18th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 90.8 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Karmai

Karmai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karmai 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 Karmai from other places

Karmai lies about 26 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Vidyasagar, about 23 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 Karmai
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	18 km
Nearest railway station	Vidyasagar	23 km
Nearest town	Dhanbad	25 km
District headquarters	Giridih	26 km

Villages closest to Karmai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karmai village had a population of 1,488. That makes it the 18th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Karmai village has 768 males and 720 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karmai has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Karmai is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karmai covers 90.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Karmai falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karmai is Vidyasagar, about 23 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 Karmai.

Karmai is about 26 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karmai is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 18 km away. Vidyasagar is about 23 km away. Dhanbad is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.