About Karkata Village

Karkata is a small village in Bano tehsil, in the district of Simdega, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 195 males and 155 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 795 females per 1000 males. The village covers 296.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Simdega
Tehsil	Bano
Pincode	835201
Area (hectares)	296.78 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	195
Female Population	155
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	795
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 Karkata compares

By the 2011 count Karkata is the 74th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 296.78 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1015.

Getting to Karkata

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

Karkata lies about 50 km from Simdega, and the nearest railway station is Parbatonia, about 5.4 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 Karkata
Nearest railway station	Parbatonia	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bano	14 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	28 km
District headquarters	Simdega	50 km

Villages closest to Karkata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkata village had a population of 350. That makes it the 74th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Karkata village has 195 males and 155 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkata has about 795 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Karkata is 835201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkata covers 296.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkata falls under Bano tehsil of Simdega district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Karkata is Parbatonia, about 5.4 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 Karkata.

Karkata is about 50 km from Simdega in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkata is in Bano tehsil of Simdega district. Parbatonia is about 5.4 km away. Bano is about 14 km away. Birmitrapur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.