About Karkaram Village

Karkaram is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 85 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.71 hectares hectares.

Karkaram Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkaram village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Taljhari
Area (hectares)	90.71 hectares
Population	156
Male Population	85
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	835
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Karkaram compares

By the 2011 count Karkaram is the 102nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 90.71 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Karkaram

Karkaram is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Karkaram as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkaram from other places

Karkaram lies about 33 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tinpahar Junction, about 11 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 Karkaram
Nearest railway station	Tinpahar Junction	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Taljhari	18 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	22 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	33 km

Villages closest to Karkaram

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkaram village had a population of 156. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Karkaram village has 85 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkaram has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Karkaram covers 90.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkaram falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkaram is Tinpahar Junction, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Karkaram.

Karkaram is about 33 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkaram is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tinpahar Junction is about 11 km away. Taljhari is about 18 km away. Rājmahal is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.