About Korakel Village

Korakel is a mid sized village in Rania tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 316 males and 296 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korakel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korakel village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Rania
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	254 hectares
Population	612
Male Population	316
Female Population	296
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Korakel compares

By the 2011 count Korakel is the 27th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 601 residents. Its 254 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Korakel

Korakel is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Korakel as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Korakel from other places

Korakel lies about 13 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Karra, about 22 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 Korakel
District headquarters	Khunti	13 km
Nearest railway station	Karra	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rania	26 km

Villages closest to Korakel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korakel village had a population of 612. That makes it the 27th largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 601 residents.

Korakel village has 316 males and 296 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korakel has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Korakel is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korakel covers 254 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korakel falls under Rania tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Korakel is Karra, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Korakel.

Korakel is about 13 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korakel is in Rania tehsil of Khunti district. Khunti is about 13 km away. Karra is about 22 km away. Rania is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.