Karso observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Jharkhand.
By population, Karso ranks #12 of 179 villages in Chainpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karso is a village of 3,560 people in 640 households (Census 2011) in Chainpur block, Palamu district, Jharkhand, the 12th-largest of 179 villages in Chainpur block. Literacy is 48%, 2 points above the block average of 46% and the sex ratio is 922 women per 1,000 men. It lies 79 km from the Palamu district centre, 43 km from Markacho, the nearest town, 2 km from Barhi railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 822125, served by Ranka Raj post office; the LGD village code is 366733. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, 2 km away. The sarpanch is SIMA DEVI, and the village votes in Mandu assembly constituency, represented by MLA Nirmal Mahto. The population is estimated at 4,197 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Karso →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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