About Korta Village

Korta is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,447, made up of 718 males and 729 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 876.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	876.82 hectares
Population	1,447
Male Population	718
Female Population	729
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Korta compares

By the 2011 count Korta is the 43rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 876.82 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Korta

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

Korta lies about 22 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 18 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 Korta
Nearest railway station	Amagura	18 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	22 km
District headquarters	Bastar	22 km

Villages closest to Korta

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 Korta

As per the Census of India 2011, Korta village had a population of 1,447. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Korta village has 718 males and 729 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korta has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

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

Korta covers 876.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Korta falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Korta is Amagura, about 18 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 Korta.

Korta is about 22 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korta is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 18 km away. Jagdalpur is about 21 km away. Bakavand is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.