About Karaku Village

Karaku is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 610, made up of 299 males and 311 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaku Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaku village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	835206
Area (hectares)	358.98 hectares
Population	610
Male Population	299
Female Population	311
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaku compares

By the 2011 count Karaku is the 31st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 682 residents. Its 358.98 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1003.

Getting to Karaku

Karaku is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karaku as Available within village. 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. The nearest villages by name are Jairagi, Jamgain, Janawal and Jhargaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karaku

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaku village had a population of 610. That makes it the 31st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 682 residents.

Karaku village has 299 males and 311 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaku has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Karaku is 835206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaku covers 358.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karaku falls under Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Karaku notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karaku.

Karaku is in Chainpur tehsil of Gumla district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.