About Karika Village

Karika is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 267 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 801 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karika Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karika village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	208 hectares
Population	481
Male Population	267
Female Population	214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	801
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karika compares

By the 2011 count Karika is the 54th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1007.

Getting to Karika

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

Karika lies about 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 31 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 Karika
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	4.1 km
Nearest town	Khunti	28 km
Nearest railway station	Sonua	31 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	41 km

Villages closest to Karika

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karika village had a population of 481. That makes it the 54th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Karika village has 267 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karika has about 801 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Karika is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karika covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karika falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karika is Sonua, about 31 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 village for Karika.

Karika is about 41 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karika is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 4.1 km away. Khunti is about 28 km away. Sonua is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.