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About Karikadar Village

Karikadar is a small village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 212, made up of 106 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karikadar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karikadar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Borio
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 166 hectares
Population 212
Male Population 106
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Karikadar compares

By the 2011 count Karikadar is the 109th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 166 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Karikadar

Karikadar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karikadar 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 Karikadar from other places

Karikadar lies about 13 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Karanpurato, about 5.6 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 Karikadar
Nearest railway station Karanpurato 5.6 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 13 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Borio 14 km

Villages closest to Karikadar

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

Common questions about Karikadar

As per the Census of India 2011, Karikadar village had a population of 212. That makes it the 109th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Karikadar village has 106 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karikadar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Karikadar is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karikadar covers 166 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karikadar falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karikadar is Karanpurato, about 5.6 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 Karikadar.

Karikadar is about 13 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karikadar is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Karanpurato is about 5.6 km away. Sahibganj is about 13 km away. Sāhibganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marwa (under 2 km), Chatki (under 2 km) and Solapur (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karikadar today is likely to be higher.

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