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About Korai Village

Korai is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 619, made up of 311 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 409.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494228
Area (hectares) 409.63 hectares
Population 619
Male Population 311
Female Population 308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korai compares

By the 2011 count Korai is the 57th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 409.63 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Korai

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

Korai lies about 79 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 51 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 Korai
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 18 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 27 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 51 km
District headquarters Bastar 79 km

Villages closest to Korai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korai village had a population of 619. That makes it the 57th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Korai village has 311 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korai has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Korai is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korai covers 409.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Korai falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Korai is Antagarh, about 51 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 Korai.

Korai is about 79 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korai is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 18 km away. Nārāinpur is about 27 km away. Antagarh is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chandabeda (1.6 km), Khandsara (3.3 km) and Kotpad (3.9 km).

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

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