About Karichatan Village

Karichatan is a small village in Jamua tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 393, made up of 198 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815318, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karichatan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karichatan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Jamua
Pincode	815318
Area (hectares)	207.06 hectares
Population	393
Male Population	198
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
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 Karichatan compares

By the 2011 count Karichatan is the 210th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 912 residents. Its 207.06 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Karichatan

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

Karichatan lies about 140 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 32 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 Karichatan
Nearest town	Chatrā	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jamua	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	32 km
District headquarters	Giridih	140 km

Villages closest to Karichatan

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.

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Common questions about Karichatan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karichatan village had a population of 393. That makes it the 210th largest of the 282 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 912 residents.

Karichatan village has 198 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karichatan has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 947.

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

Karichatan covers 207.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karichatan falls under Jamua tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karichatan is Kathautia, about 32 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 Karichatan.

Karichatan is about 140 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karichatan is in Jamua tehsil of Giridih district. Chatrā is about 12 km away. Jamua is about 21 km away. Kathautia is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.