# Karkata Kalan Village, Kasmar, Bokaro (Jharkhand) – PIN Code

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Village · Kasmar, Bokaro 

# Karkata Kalan

Karkata Kalan is a village in Kasmar sub-district of Bokaro district, Jharkhand. The 2011 Census counted **471 people in 99 households**, the 54th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 471people (2011)
- 99households
- 53.9%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Karkata Kalan PIN code and other codes

Karkata Kalan falls in Kasmar sub-district, Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

- Gram panchayatKarikalan
- Community development blockKasmar
- Census village code362528

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Karkata Kalan from nearby towns?

- Kasmar (sub-district HQ)32 km by road
- Bokaro (district HQ)49 km by road
- Chas (nearest town)49 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Karkata Kalan?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Karkata Kalan; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Kasmar
- ○Degree college10+ km · Tanughat
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Chas
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Karkata Kalan known for?

The main crops are **rice**. About 8% of the 389 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Karkata Kalan

Of every 100 households in Karkata Kalan in 2011, 4 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Karkata Kalan · ■ Kasmar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**93%

Tap water ****21%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**14%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**65%

Use banking services ****42%**

**57%

Television ****9%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Karkata Kalan?

■ Karkata Kalan · ■ Kasmar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.9%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1171**

**924

Working population ****49.9%**

**44.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.7% for men and 40.5% for women. 53% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 51 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (7%) · **■** Other work 5 (2%) · **■** Marginal 162 (69%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kasmar

- Kotogara617 people
- Bhawanipur592 people
- Meramhara516 people
- Sonhar489 people
- Pari420 people
- Khuta391 people
- Merha372 people
- Bhursatanr357 people

[All 68 villages in Kasmar](https://wherepedia.org/india/jharkhand/bokaro/kasmar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Karkata Kalan from Bokaro?49 km by road
- What is the population of Karkata Kalan?471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Karkata Kalan in?Bokaro district (Kasmar sub-district), Jharkhand
- What is the literacy rate of Karkata Kalan?53.9% (Census 2011)