About Karang Village

Karang is a small village in Raidih tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 223, made up of 109 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 231 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karang village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Raidih
Pincode	835207
Area (hectares)	231 hectares
Population	223
Male Population	109
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
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 Karang compares

By the 2011 count Karang is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 231 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 995.

Getting to Karang

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

Karang lies about 17 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 46 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 Karang
Tehsil headquarters	Raidih	8.2 km
District headquarters	Gumla	17 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	46 km

Villages closest to Karang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karang village had a population of 223. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Karang village has 109 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karang has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Karang is 835207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karang covers 231 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karang falls under Raidih tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karang is Kurkura, about 46 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 Karang.

Karang is about 17 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karang is in Raidih tehsil of Gumla district. Raidih is about 8.2 km away. Gumla is about 17 km away. Gumlā is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.