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About Karra Village

Karra is a large village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,212, made up of 1,092 males and 1,120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 830234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karra village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Pincode 830234
Area (hectares) 400.32 hectares
Population 2,212
Male Population 1,092
Female Population 1,120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Karra compares

By the 2011 count Karra is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 400.32 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Karra

The census records public bus service for Karra as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karra from other places

Karra lies about 17 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about under 2 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 Karra
Nearest railway station Karra under 2 km
District headquarters Khunti 17 km

Villages closest to Karra

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

Common questions about Karra

As per the Census of India 2011, Karra village had a population of 2,212. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Karra village has 1,092 males and 1,120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karra has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Karra is 830234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karra covers 400.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karra falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karra is Karra, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Karra.

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

Karra is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Karra is about under 2 km away. Khunti is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masmani (under 2 km), Hasibera (under 2 km) and Loyongkel (under 2 km).

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

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