About Karpawand Village

Karpawand is a large village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,984, made up of 2,122 males and 1,862 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1493.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karpawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karpawand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	1493.18 hectares
Population	3,984
Male Population	2,122
Female Population	1,862
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karpawand compares

By the 2011 count Karpawand is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 1493.18 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Karpawand

Karpawand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karpawand as Available. 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 Karpawand from other places

Karpawand lies about 24 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 34 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 Karpawand
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	24 km
District headquarters	Bastar	24 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	32 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	34 km

Villages closest to Karpawand

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

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Common questions about Karpawand

As per the Census of India 2011, Karpawand village had a population of 3,984. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Karpawand village has 2,122 males and 1,862 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karpawand has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Karpawand is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karpawand covers 1493.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karpawand falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karpawand is Amagura, about 34 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Karpawand.

Karpawand is about 24 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karpawand is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 24 km away. Bastar is about 24 km away. Jagdalpur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.