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About Karni Village

Karni is a mid sized village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,004, made up of 492 males and 512 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Dumri
Pincode 835230
Area (hectares) 1188 hectares
Population 1,004
Male Population 492
Female Population 512
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
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 Karni compares

By the 2011 count Karni is the 15th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 795 residents. Its 1188 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 969.

Getting to Karni

Karni is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karni 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. The nearest villages by name are Jonkidohar, Jurmu, Kanji and Karamdon. 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.

Common questions about Karni

As per the Census of India 2011, Karni village had a population of 1,004. That makes it the 15th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 795 residents.

Karni village has 492 males and 512 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karni has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Karni is 835230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karni covers 1188 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karni falls under Dumri tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Karni notes the nearest railway station 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 Karni.

Karni is in Dumri 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.

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

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