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About Karkat Basti F V Village

Karkat Basti F V is a mid sized village in Sonai tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,128, made up of 567 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 989 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares.

Karkat Basti F V Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkat Basti F V village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Sonai
Area (hectares) 240 hectares
Population 1,128
Male Population 567
Female Population 561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 989
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkat Basti F V compares

By the 2011 count Karkat Basti F V is the 112th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,521 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Karkat Basti F V

Karkat Basti F V is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkat Basti F V as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkat Basti F V from other places

Karkat Basti F V lies about 29 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Lalabazar, about 7.9 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Karkat Basti F V
Nearest railway station Lalabazar 7.9 km
Nearest town Hailākāndi 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sonai 26 km
District headquarters Cachar 29 km

Villages closest to Karkat Basti F V

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonai tehsil.

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 Karkat Basti F V

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkat Basti F V village had a population of 1,128. That makes it the 112th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,521 residents.

Karkat Basti F V village has 567 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkat Basti F V has about 989 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 962.

Karkat Basti F V covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkat Basti F V falls under Sonai tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Karkat Basti F V is Lalabazar, about 7.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Karkat Basti F V.

Karkat Basti F V is about 29 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkat Basti F V is in Sonai tehsil of Cachar district. Lalabazar is about 7.9 km away. Hailākāndi is about 17 km away. Sonai is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barmannagar F V (under 2 km), Bhubannagar Pt V (under 2 km) and French Nagar F V (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karkat Basti F V today is likely to be higher.

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