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About Karar Chakla Village

Karar Chakla is a small village in Meherma tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12, made up of 8 males and 4 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814160, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karar Chakla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karar Chakla village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Meherma
Pincode 814160
Area (hectares) 72 hectares
Population 12
Male Population 8
Female Population 4
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karar Chakla compares

By the 2011 count Karar Chakla is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 72 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Karar Chakla

Karar Chakla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karar Chakla as Available within village. 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 Karar Chakla from other places

Karar Chakla lies about 33 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 13 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 Karar Chakla
Nearest railway station Ekchari 13 km
Nearest town Colgong 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Meherma 33 km
District headquarters Godda 33 km

Villages closest to Karar Chakla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Meherma 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 Karar Chakla

As per the Census of India 2011, Karar Chakla village had a population of 12. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Karar Chakla village has 8 males and 4 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karar Chakla has about 500 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 929.

The pincode recorded for Karar Chakla is 814160. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karar Chakla covers 72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karar Chakla falls under Meherma tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karar Chakla is Ekchari, about 13 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karar Chakla.

Karar Chakla is about 33 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karar Chakla is in Meherma tehsil of Godda district. Ekchari is about 13 km away. Colgong is about 16 km away. Meherma is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barari (under 2 km), Udhua Chak (3.2 km) and Mathi Chak (3.7 km).

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

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