About Karkata Village

Karkata is a mid sized village in Untari Road tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,962, made up of 1,043 males and 919 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Palamu
Tehsil	Untari Road
Pincode	822116
Area (hectares)	213.05 hectares
Population	1,962
Male Population	1,043
Female Population	919
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	881
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Karkata compares

By the 2011 count Karkata is the 9th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,496 residents. Its 213.05 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Karkata

Karkata is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkata as Available within 5 - 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkata from other places

Karkata lies about 27 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Sondimra, about 17 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 Karkata
Nearest railway station	Sondimra	17 km
Nearest town	Kathhāra	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Untari Road	27 km
District headquarters	Palamu	27 km

Villages closest to Karkata

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Untari Road 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 Karkata

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkata village had a population of 1,962. That makes it the 9th largest of the 26 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,496 residents.

Karkata village has 1,043 males and 919 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkata has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 914.

The pincode recorded for Karkata is 822116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkata covers 213.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karkata falls under Untari Road tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkata is Sondimra, about 17 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karkata.

Karkata is about 27 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkata is in Untari Road tehsil of Palamu district. Sondimra is about 17 km away. Kathhāra is about 18 km away. Untari Road is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.