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About Karlo Village

Karlo is a small village in Pirtanr tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 2 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karlo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karlo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Pirtanr
Pincode 825108
Area (hectares) 12 hectares
Population 6
Male Population 2
Female Population 4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,000
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 Karlo compares

By the 2011 count Karlo is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 572 residents. Its 12 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Karlo

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

Karlo lies about 14 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is New Giridih, about 11 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 Karlo
Nearest railway station New Giridih 11 km
District headquarters Giridih 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Pirtanr 32 km

Villages closest to Karlo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karlo village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 572 residents.

Karlo village has 2 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karlo has about 2000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Karlo is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karlo covers 12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karlo falls under Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karlo is New Giridih, about 11 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 Karlo.

Karlo is about 14 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karlo is in Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district. New Giridih is about 11 km away. Giridih is about 14 km away. Pirtanr is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jahajpur (4.0 km), Naiatanr (4.4 km) and Lachhmipur (5.2 km).

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

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