About Karka Village

Karka is a small village in Kukru tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 405, made up of 206 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832403, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kukru
Pincode	832403
Area (hectares)	138.64 hectares
Population	405
Male Population	206
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
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 Karka compares

By the 2011 count Karka is the 42nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 138.64 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Karka

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

Karka lies about 24 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Bakarkudi, about 4.4 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 Karka
Nearest railway station	Bakarkudi	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kukru	6.4 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	24 km
Nearest town	Balarāmpur	27 km

Villages closest to Karka

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.

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Common questions about Karka

As per the Census of India 2011, Karka village had a population of 405. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents.

Karka village has 206 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karka has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 953.

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

Karka covers 138.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karka is Bakarkudi, about 4.4 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 Karka.

Karka is about 24 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karka is in Kukru tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Bakarkudi is about 4.4 km away. Kukru is about 6.4 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.