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About Karkatashol Village

Karkatashol is a small village in Gopiballavpur I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 114 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721506, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkatashol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkatashol village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Gopiballavpur I
Pincode 721506
Area (hectares) 99 hectares
Population 232
Male Population 114
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkatashol compares

By the 2011 count Karkatashol is the 147th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 546 residents. Its 99 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Karkatashol

Karkatashol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkatashol as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Kankri Dahi, Kantabani, Kapasia Mahanala and Kaptisol. 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 Karkatashol

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkatashol village had a population of 232. That makes it the 147th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 546 residents.

Karkatashol village has 114 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkatashol has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Karkatashol is 721506. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkatashol covers 99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkatashol falls under Gopiballavpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Karkatashol notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Karkatashol.

Karkatashol is in Gopiballavpur I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur 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 Karkatashol today is likely to be higher.

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