About Karamdih Village

Karamdih is a small village in Chainpur tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 125 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 808 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karamdih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karamdih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Chainpur
Pincode	822110
Area (hectares)	245.7 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	125
Female Population	101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	808
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karamdih compares

By the 2011 count Karamdih is the 137th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 245.7 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Karamdih

Karamdih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karamdih as Available within 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 Karamdih from other places

Karamdih lies about 51 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 1.5 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 Karamdih
Nearest railway station	Salaia	1.5 km
Nearest town	Giridih	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chainpur	28 km
District headquarters	Palamu	51 km

Villages closest to Karamdih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karamdih village had a population of 226. That makes it the 137th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Karamdih village has 125 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karamdih has about 808 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 Karamdih is 822110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karamdih covers 245.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karamdih falls under Chainpur tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karamdih is Salaia, about 1.5 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karamdih.

Karamdih is about 51 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karamdih is in Chainpur tehsil of Palamu district. Salaia is about 1.5 km away. Giridih is about 7.2 km away. Chainpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.