About Karum Village

Karum is a mid sized village in Lapung tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 584, made up of 301 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835234, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karum village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Lapung
Pincode	835234
Area (hectares)	142.29 hectares
Population	584
Male Population	301
Female Population	283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karum compares

By the 2011 count Karum is the 47th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 808 residents. Its 142.29 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Karum

Karum is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karum as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Karum from other places

Karum lies about 37 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 8.7 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 Karum
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lapung	9.3 km
Nearest town	Khunti	26 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	37 km

Villages closest to Karum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karum village had a population of 584. That makes it the 47th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 808 residents.

Karum village has 301 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karum has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Karum is 835234. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karum covers 142.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karum falls under Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karum is Govindpur Road, about 8.7 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 10+ km distance for Karum.

Karum is about 37 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karum is in Lapung tehsil of Ranchi district. Govindpur Road is about 8.7 km away. Lapung is about 9.3 km away. Khunti is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.