About Karandag Village

Karandag is a mid sized village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,158, made up of 582 males and 576 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 723.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karandag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karandag village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	723.73 hectares
Population	1,158
Male Population	582
Female Population	576
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karandag compares

By the 2011 count Karandag is the 8th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 723.73 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Karandag

Karandag is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karandag as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Karandag from other places

Karandag lies about 28 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 19 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 Karandag
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	2.7 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	19 km
District headquarters	Latehar	28 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	28 km

Villages closest to Karandag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karandag village had a population of 1,158. That makes it the 8th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Karandag village has 582 males and 576 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karandag has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Karandag is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karandag covers 723.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karandag falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karandag is Balumath, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Karandag.

Karandag is about 28 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karandag is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 2.7 km away. Balumath is about 19 km away. Latehar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.