About Karar Kalan Village

Karar Kalan is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,420, made up of 742 males and 678 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karar Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karar Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	822123
Area (hectares)	372 hectares
Population	1,420
Male Population	742
Female Population	678
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karar Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Karar Kalan is the 32nd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 372 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

Getting to Karar Kalan

Karar Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karar Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Karar Kalan from other places

Karar Kalan lies about 28 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Sondimra, about 16 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 Karar Kalan
Nearest railway station	Sondimra	16 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	28 km
District headquarters	Palamu	28 km

Villages closest to Karar Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patan 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 Karar Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karar Kalan village had a population of 1,420. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Karar Kalan village has 742 males and 678 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karar Kalan has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 923.

The pincode recorded for Karar Kalan is 822123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karar Kalan covers 372 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karar Kalan falls under Patan tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karar Kalan is Sondimra, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karar Kalan.

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

Karar Kalan is in Patan tehsil of Palamu district. Sondimra is about 16 km away. Kathhāra is about 19 km away. Patan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.