About Karka Village

Karka is a mid sized village in Darbha tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 293 males and 297 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Darbha
Pincode	494115
Area (hectares)	251.27 hectares
Population	590
Male Population	293
Female Population	297
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karka compares

By the 2011 count Karka is the 45th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 251.27 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Karka

Karka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Karka from other places

Karka lies about 78 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 21 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 Karka
Nearest town	Bacheli	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Darbha	22 km
District headquarters	Bastar	78 km

Villages closest to Karka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karka village had a population of 590. That makes it the 45th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Karka village has 293 males and 297 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karka has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Karka is 494115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karka covers 251.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karka falls under Darbha tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karka is Kirandul, about 21 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 - 10 km distance for Karka.

Karka is about 78 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karka is in Darbha tehsil of Bastar district. Bacheli is about 20 km away. Kirandul is about 21 km away. Darbha is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.