About Karaloya Village

Karaloya is a mid sized village in Basia tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 733, made up of 362 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaloya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaloya village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Basia
Pincode	835229
Area (hectares)	404 hectares
Population	733
Male Population	362
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
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 Karaloya compares

By the 2011 count Karaloya is the 47th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 404 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Karaloya

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

Karaloya lies about 28 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 15 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 Karaloya
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Basia	17 km
District headquarters	Gumla	28 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	28 km

Villages closest to Karaloya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaloya village had a population of 733. That makes it the 47th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Karaloya village has 362 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaloya has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Karaloya is 835229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaloya covers 404 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karaloya falls under Basia tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karaloya is Bakaspur, about 15 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 Karaloya.

Karaloya is about 28 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaloya is in Basia tehsil of Gumla district. Bakaspur is about 15 km away. Basia is about 17 km away. Gumla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.