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About Karkari Village

Karkari is a small village in Chhatna tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 112 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.3 hectares hectares.

Karkari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkari village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Chhatna
Area (hectares) 77.3 hectares
Population 216
Male Population 112
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 929
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 Karkari compares

By the 2011 count Karkari is the 232nd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 685 residents. Its 77.3 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Karkari

Karkari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkari 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. The nearest villages by name are Kanki, Kanta Pahari, Kantasol and Kanudihi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karkari

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkari village had a population of 216. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 272 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 685 residents.

Karkari village has 112 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkari has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Karkari covers 77.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkari falls under Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Karkari notes the nearest railway station 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 Karkari.

Karkari is in Chhatna tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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