About Keratoli Village

Keratoli is a mid sized village in Palkot tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 760, made up of 388 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 908 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keratoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keratoli village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Palkot
Pincode	835220
Area (hectares)	908 hectares
Population	760
Male Population	388
Female Population	372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	959
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 Keratoli compares

By the 2011 count Keratoli is the 36th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents. Its 908 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Keratoli

Keratoli is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Keratoli 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 Keratoli from other places

Keratoli lies about 22 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 45 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 Keratoli
Tehsil headquarters	Palkot	15 km
District headquarters	Gumla	22 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	45 km

Villages closest to Keratoli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keratoli village had a population of 760. That makes it the 36th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,116 residents.

Keratoli village has 388 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keratoli has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Keratoli is 835220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keratoli covers 908 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.

Keratoli falls under Palkot tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Keratoli is Kurkura, about 45 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 Keratoli.

Keratoli is about 22 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keratoli is in Palkot tehsil of Gumla district. Palkot is about 15 km away. Gumla is about 22 km away. Gumlā is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.