About Karakat Village

Karakat is a mid sized village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 879, made up of 494 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 779 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karakat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karakat village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	822110
Area (hectares)	250.1 hectares
Population	879
Male Population	494
Female Population	385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	779
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karakat compares

By the 2011 count Karakat is the 77th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 250.1 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Karakat

Karakat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karakat as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Jhariwa, Kachan, Kakatua and Kaleyanpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karakat

As per the Census of India 2011, Karakat village had a population of 879. That makes it the 77th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Karakat village has 494 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karakat has about 779 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Karakat is 822110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karakat covers 250.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karakat falls under Chainpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Karakat notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Karakat.

Karakat is in Chainpur tehsil of Palamu district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.