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About Korle Village

Korle is a small village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 52 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 654 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korle Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korle village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Ghaghra
Pincode 835208
Area (hectares) 266 hectares
Population 86
Male Population 52
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 654
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korle compares

By the 2011 count Korle is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 266 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1002.

Getting to Korle

Korle is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Korle as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Korle from other places

Korle lies about 30 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 33 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 Korle
Tehsil headquarters Ghaghra 13 km
Nearest town Lohārdagā 30 km
District headquarters Gumla 30 km
Nearest railway station Lohardaga 33 km

Villages closest to Korle

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korle village had a population of 86. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Korle village has 52 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korle has about 654 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Korle is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korle covers 266 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Korle falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Korle is Lohardaga, about 33 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 10+ km distance for Korle.

Korle is about 30 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korle is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 13 km away. Lohārdagā is about 30 km away. Gumla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barang (2.0 km), Monatu (3.0 km) and Porha (3.3 km).

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

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