About Karkat Village

Karkat is a mid sized village in Mahuadanr tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 501, made up of 256 males and 245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 795 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkat village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Mahuadanr
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	795 hectares
Population	501
Male Population	256
Female Population	245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
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 Karkat compares

By the 2011 count Karkat is the 65th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 740 residents. Its 795 hectares work out to about 0.6 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Karkat

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

Karkat lies about 64 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kajri, about 32 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 Karkat
Tehsil headquarters	Mahuadanr	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kajri	32 km
Nearest town	Medininagar	39 km
District headquarters	Latehar	64 km

Villages closest to Karkat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkat village had a population of 501. That makes it the 65th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 740 residents.

Karkat village has 256 males and 245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkat has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 985.

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

Karkat covers 795 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkat falls under Mahuadanr tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkat is Kajri, about 32 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 Karkat.

Karkat is about 64 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkat is in Mahuadanr tehsil of Latehar district. Mahuadanr is about 21 km away. Kajri is about 32 km away. Medininagar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.