About Karak Village

Karak is a mid sized village in Rajapur tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,501, made up of 705 males and 796 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1986.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416704, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karak village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Ratnagiri
Tehsil	Rajapur
Pincode	416704
Area (hectares)	1986.4 hectares
Population	1,501
Male Population	705
Female Population	796
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karak compares

By the 2011 count Karak is the 15th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 665 residents. Its 1986.4 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

Getting to Karak

Karak is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karak as Available within village. 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 Karak from other places

Karak lies about 56 km from Ratnagiri, and the nearest railway station is Saundal, about 14 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 Karak
Nearest railway station	Saundal	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajapur	25 km
Nearest town	Shahuwadi	30 km
District headquarters	Ratnagiri	56 km

Villages closest to Karak

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karak village had a population of 1,501. That makes it the 15th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 665 residents.

Karak village has 705 males and 796 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karak has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1229.

The pincode recorded for Karak is 416704. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karak covers 1986.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karak falls under Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Karak is Saundal, about 14 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karak.

Karak is about 56 km from Ratnagiri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karak is in Rajapur tehsil of Ratnagiri district. Saundal is about 14 km away. Rajapur is about 25 km away. Shahuwadi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.