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About Karkach Village

Karkach is a mid sized village in Gazole tehsil, in the district of Maldah, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 651, made up of 344 males and 307 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 732124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkach Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkach village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Maldah
Tehsil Gazole
Pincode 732124
Area (hectares) 139.93 hectares
Population 651
Male Population 344
Female Population 307
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
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 Karkach compares

By the 2011 count Karkach is the 155th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents. Its 139.93 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Karkach

Karkach is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkach 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 Kamalpur, Kanat, Kandar and Karanja. 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 Karkach

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkach village had a population of 651. That makes it the 155th largest of the 285 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,163 residents.

Karkach village has 344 males and 307 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkach has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Karkach is 732124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkach covers 139.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkach falls under Gazole tehsil of Maldah district in West Bengal.

The census record for Karkach 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 Karkach.

Karkach is in Gazole tehsil of Maldah 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 Karkach today is likely to be higher.

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