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About Korkotakadal Village

Korkotakadal is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 455, made up of 216 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 565 hectares hectares.

Korkotakadal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korkotakadal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Area (hectares) 565 hectares
Population 455
Male Population 216
Female Population 239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korkotakadal compares

By the 2011 count Korkotakadal is the 99th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 565 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 1001.

Getting to Korkotakadal

Korkotakadal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Korkotakadal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Korkotakadal from other places

Korkotakadal lies about 23 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bingaon, about 7.3 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 Korkotakadal
Nearest railway station Bingaon 7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 8.9 km
District headquarters Khunti 23 km

Villages closest to Korkotakadal

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 Korkotakadal

As per the Census of India 2011, Korkotakadal village had a population of 455. That makes it the 99th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Korkotakadal village has 216 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korkotakadal has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Korkotakadal covers 565 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.

Korkotakadal falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Korkotakadal is Bingaon, about 7.3 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 <5 km distance for Korkotakadal.

Korkotakadal is about 23 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korkotakadal is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Bingaon is about 7.3 km away. Karra is about 8.9 km away. Khunti is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belsiring (2.0 km), Chhata (2.0 km) and Galiondar (2.1 km).

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

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