About Karak Village

Karak is a mid sized village in Kuru tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,626, made up of 783 males and 843 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 563 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karak village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Lohardaga
Tehsil	Kuru
Pincode	835302
Area (hectares)	563 hectares
Population	1,626
Male Population	783
Female Population	843
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karak compares

By the 2011 count Karak is the 21st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 563 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Karak

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

Karak lies about 12 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha, about 5.0 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 Karak
Nearest railway station	Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha	5.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuru	6.5 km
District headquarters	Lohardaga	12 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	12 km

Villages closest to Karak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karak village had a population of 1,626. That makes it the 21st largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Karak village has 783 males and 843 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karak has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Karak is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karak covers 563 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karak falls under Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karak is Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha, about 5.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karak.

Karak is about 12 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karak is in Kuru tehsil of Lohardaga district. Hendlaso Bhokta Bagicha is about 5.0 km away. Kuru is about 6.5 km away. Lohardaga is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.