About Karkata Village

Karkata is a mid sized village in Namkum tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 276 males and 257 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835221, 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	Namkum
Pincode	835221
Area (hectares)	288.33 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	276
Female Population	257
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
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 Karkata compares

By the 2011 count Karkata is the 69th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 288.33 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Karkata

Karkata is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Karkata 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 Karkata from other places

Karkata lies about 16 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, about 10 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	Balasiring	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Namkum	15 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	16 km

Villages closest to Karkata

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Namkum 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 533. That makes it the 69th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Karkata village has 276 males and 257 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkata has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Karkata is 835221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkata covers 288.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkata falls under Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkata is Balasiring, about 10 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 Karkata.

Karkata is about 16 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 Namkum tehsil of Ranchi district. Balasiring is about 10 km away. Namkum is about 15 km away. Ranchi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.