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About Sodkarmari Village

Sodkarmari is a small village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 253, made up of 125 males and 128 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 365 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sodkarmari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sodkarmari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 495442
Area (hectares) 365 hectares
Population 253
Male Population 125
Female Population 128
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sodkarmari compares

By the 2011 count Sodkarmari is the 102nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 365 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Sodkarmari

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

Sodkarmari lies about 32 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 37 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 Sodkarmari
Nearest town Umarkot 30 km
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 32 km
District headquarters Bastar 32 km
Nearest railway station Amagura 37 km

Villages closest to Sodkarmari

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 Sodkarmari

As per the Census of India 2011, Sodkarmari village had a population of 253. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Sodkarmari village has 125 males and 128 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sodkarmari has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Sodkarmari is 495442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Sodkarmari covers 365 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Sodkarmari falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sodkarmari is Amagura, about 37 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 Sodkarmari.

Sodkarmari is about 32 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sodkarmari is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Umarkot is about 30 km away. Bakavand is about 32 km away. Bastar is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chikhalkarmari (under 2 km), Sandkarmari (under 2 km) and Potiawand (2.9 km).

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

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