About Karantola Village

Karantola is a mid sized village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 582 males and 574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karantola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karantola village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	125 hectares
Population	1,156
Male Population	582
Female Population	574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	986
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karantola compares

By the 2011 count Karantola is the 35th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Karantola

Karantola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karantola as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Karantola from other places

Karantola lies about 7.6 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karamtola, about under 2 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 Karantola
Nearest railway station	Karamtola	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	7.6 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	7.6 km
Nearest town	Sāhibganj	7.6 km

Villages closest to Karantola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karantola village had a population of 1,156. That makes it the 35th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Karantola village has 582 males and 574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karantola has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Karantola is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karantola covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karantola falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karantola is Karamtola, about under 2 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 village for Karantola.

Karantola is about 7.6 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karantola is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karamtola is about under 2 km away. Barhait is about 7.6 km away. Sahibganj is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.