About Karagaon Village

Karagaon is a small village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 172 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karagaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494229
Area (hectares)	120.03 hectares
Population	341
Male Population	172
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	983
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karagaon compares

By the 2011 count Karagaon is the 88th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 120.03 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. 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 Karagaon

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

Karagaon lies about 68 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 63 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 Karagaon
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	15 km
Nearest town	Kondagaon	17 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	63 km
District headquarters	Bastar	68 km

Villages closest to Karagaon

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.

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Common questions about Karagaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Karagaon village had a population of 341. That makes it the 88th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Karagaon village has 172 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karagaon has about 983 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 Karagaon is 494229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karagaon covers 120.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karagaon falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karagaon is Antagarh, about 63 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 Karagaon.

Karagaon is about 68 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karagaon is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 15 km away. Kondagaon is about 17 km away. Antagarh is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.