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About Karmatanr Village

Karmatanr is a mid sized village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 694, made up of 337 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815318, 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 Jamua
Pincode 815318
Area (hectares) 280 hectares
Population 694
Male Population 337
Female Population 357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
Bus Service (public) Available within 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 130th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 280 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

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 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 138 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 28 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 town Chatrā 7.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Jamua 17 km
Nearest railway station Katkamsandi 28 km
District headquarters Giridih 138 km

Villages closest to Karmatanr

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jamua 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 694. That makes it the 130th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Karmatanr village has 337 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karmatanr has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

The pincode recorded for Karmatanr is 815318. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karmatanr covers 280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karmatanr falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karmatanr is Katkamsandi, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karmatanr.

Karmatanr is about 138 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 Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Chatrā is about 7.8 km away. Jamua is about 17 km away. Katkamsandi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kamaitanr (under 2 km), Chaura (under 2 km) and Chinmano Alias Tuntara Tinta (1.7 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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