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About Korpal Village

Korpal is a small village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 136, made up of 64 males and 72 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korpal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 56.82 hectares
Population 136
Male Population 64
Female Population 72
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korpal compares

By the 2011 count Korpal is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 56.82 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Korpal

Korpal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Korpal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Korpal from other places

Korpal lies about 20 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Jagdalpur, about 3.4 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 Korpal
Nearest railway station Jagdalpur 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 20 km
District headquarters Bastar 20 km

Villages closest to Korpal

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.

Common questions about Korpal

As per the Census of India 2011, Korpal village had a population of 136. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Korpal village has 64 males and 72 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korpal has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Korpal is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korpal covers 56.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korpal falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Korpal is Jagdalpur, about 3.4 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 <5 km distance for Korpal.

Korpal is about 20 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korpal is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Jagdalpur is about 3.4 km away. Bakavand is about 20 km away. Bastar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanapal (4.4 km), Kohkapal (8.0 km) and Talnar (8.4 km).

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

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