About Karkata Village

Karkata is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,695, made up of 871 males and 824 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 327 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Kanke
Pincode	835222
Area (hectares)	327 hectares
Population	1,695
Male Population	871
Female Population	824
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkata compares

By the 2011 count Karkata is the 44th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 327 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkata from other places

Karkata lies about 18 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Hundur Halt, 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 Karkata
Nearest town	Rātu	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanke	10 km
Nearest railway station	Hundur Halt	16 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	18 km

Villages closest to Karkata

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanke 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 1,695. That makes it the 44th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Karkata village has 871 males and 824 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkata has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Karkata is 835222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkata covers 327 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkata falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkata is Hundur Halt, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karkata.

Karkata is about 18 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkata is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Rātu is about 9.0 km away. Kanke is about 10 km away. Hundur Halt is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.