About Karkha Village

Karkha is a mid sized village in Nawabganj tehsil, in the district of Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,016, made up of 534 males and 482 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.45 hectares hectares.

Karkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkha village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Barabanki
Tehsil	Nawabganj
Area (hectares)	125.45 hectares
Population	1,016
Male Population	534
Female Population	482
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karkha compares

By the 2011 count Karkha is the 160th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents. Its 125.45 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Getting to Karkha

Karkha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkha from other places

Karkha lies about 5.3 km from Barabanki, and the nearest railway station is Safedabad, about 3.5 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 Karkha
Nearest railway station	Safedabad	3.5 km
District headquarters	Barabanki	5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nawabganj	7.2 km
Nearest town	Nawābganj	7.2 km

Villages closest to Karkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkha village had a population of 1,016. That makes it the 160th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,957 residents.

Karkha village has 534 males and 482 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkha has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 922.

Karkha covers 125.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Karkha falls under Nawabganj tehsil of Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karkha is Safedabad, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karkha.

Karkha is about 5.3 km from Barabanki in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkha is in Nawabganj tehsil of Barabanki district. Safedabad is about 3.5 km away. Barabanki is about 5.3 km away. Nawabganj is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.