About Karichatan Village

Karichatan is a small village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 185, made up of 93 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karichatan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karichatan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	84 hectares
Population	185
Male Population	93
Female Population	92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	989
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 Karichatan compares

By the 2011 count Karichatan is the 70th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 84 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Karichatan

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

Karichatan lies about 27 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Sarmatanr, about 25 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 Karichatan
Nearest railway station	Sarmatanr	25 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	27 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	27 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	27 km

Villages closest to Karichatan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karichatan village had a population of 185. That makes it the 70th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Karichatan village has 93 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karichatan has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Karichatan is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karichatan covers 84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karichatan falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karichatan is Sarmatanr, about 25 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 Karichatan.

Karichatan is about 27 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karichatan is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Sarmatanr is about 25 km away. Barkatha is about 27 km away. Hazaribagh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.