Karika, Bandgaon

Karika (कारिका) is a village located in the Bandgaon Subdivision of West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. The village falls in Bandgaon block and comes under Sawania Gram Panchayat. It belongs to Singhbhum parliament constituency and Chakradharpur assembly constituency.

As on January 2025, the current population of Karika is 589 out of which 327 are males and rest 262 are females. The sex ratio of this village is 801 females per 1000 males. There are around 124 teenagers in Karika. It has literacy rate of 34% which means around 198 persons can read and write. Total 5 people belonging to scheduled caste and 582 scheduled tribe people live in the village. There are around 110 households in Karika, which means every family has 5 members on average. The village has working population of 129. The pincode of Karika is 833201 and there are many postoffices around the village which can used to send speed post, registered parcel etc.

• Chaibasa Head Post office
• Bari Bazar Sub Post office

Schools

Karika has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.

• Upgrade High (Utkramit Middle School) School Karika

Hospitals

Karika has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.

• Health Sub-Center Baralangra
• Community Health Center Chaibasa
• Health Sub-Center Nagarkatta
• Health Sub-Center Baralangia
• Health Sub-Center Gidbas

Banks

Karika has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.

• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa, Jharkhand
• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa, Jharkand
• Bank of Baroda Chaibasa
• Bandhan Bank Chaibasa
• Central Bank of India Chaibasa