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About Karkidih Village

Karkidih is a mid sized village in Kukru tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 621, made up of 329 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkidih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkidih village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kukru
Pincode 832403
Area (hectares) 158.14 hectares
Population 621
Male Population 329
Female Population 292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Karkidih compares

By the 2011 count Karkidih is the 33rd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 158.14 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Karkidih

Karkidih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkidih 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkidih from other places

Karkidih lies about 28 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, 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 Karkidih
Nearest railway station Bakarkudi under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kukru 3.8 km
Nearest town Balarāmpur 28 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 28 km

Villages closest to Karkidih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkidih village had a population of 621. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Karkidih village has 329 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkidih has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Karkidih is 832403. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkidih covers 158.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkidih falls under Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkidih is Bakarkudi, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Karkidih.

Karkidih is about 28 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkidih is in Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Bakarkudi is about under 2 km away. Kukru is about 3.8 km away. Balarāmpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Edaldih (under 2 km), Chano (1.7 km) and Bakar Kuri (1.7 km).

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

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