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Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
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- LGD code
- 56122
- Pincode
- 262405
- Post office
- Sittarganj
- Population
- 404
- Households
- 57
- Literacy rate
- 80.9%
- Sex ratio
- 933 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 126
Census 2011 · in context
How Karghata compares
By population, Karghata ranks #55 of 72 villages in Sitarganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
80.9%
+20.0% vs mandal average
- Karghata
- 80.9%
- Sitarganj mandal
- 60.9%
- Udam Singh Nagar district
- 62.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
933
+8 vs mandal average
- Karghata
- 933
- Sitarganj mandal
- 925
Household size
people per home
7.1
+1.5 vs mandal average
- Karghata
- 7.1
- Sitarganj mandal
- 5.6
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karghata at a glance
Karghata is a village of 404 people in 57 households (Census 2011) in Sitarganj tehsil, Udam Singh Nagar district, Uttarakhand, the 55th-largest of 72 villages in Sitarganj tehsil. Literacy is 81%, 20 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 933 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 262405, served by Sittarganj post office; the LGD village code is 56122. The population is estimated at 476 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Chika Ghat →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karghata · this village | 404 | 81% | — |
| Chikaghat · Sitarganj | 634 | 56% | — |
| Baghora · Sitarganj | 443 | 84% | — |
| Rasoiyapur · Sitarganj | 281 | 57% | — |
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Notice board · Karghata
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Key facts — Karghata
- LGD code
- 56122
- Pincode
- 262405
- Post office
- Sittarganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 404
- Population (projected 2026)
- 476
- Households
- 57
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 933
- Literacy rate
- 80.9%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lalkuwa
- Member of Parliament
- Ajay Bhatt
- Block / Mandal
- Sitarganj
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 262405
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Other villages named Karghata
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Karghata
Other villages in Sitarganj mandal
View all 60+ →- Baikunthpur
- Pandari
- Gurugram
- Govind Nagar
- Nirmal Nagar
- Arvind Nagar
- Rudpur
- Sisona
- Gautha
- Nakulia
- Tiliyapur
- Dev Nagar
- Sarkara
- Tegor Nagar
- Baghori
- Raj Nagar
- Nakaha
- Gorikhera
- Kunwarpur
- Kalyanpur
- Surendra Nagar
- Siseya
- Tharu Tisor
- Govindpur
- Basgar
- Matiha
- Bhitaura
- Loka
- Baruwa Bagh
- Turka Tisor
- Bawanpuri
- Nakatpura
- Ukrauli
- Bitha Akbar
- Halduwa
- Kanthgri
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)