About Karkapal Village

Karkapal is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 774, made up of 368 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 244.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkapal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	244.26 hectares
Population	774
Male Population	368
Female Population	406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karkapal compares

By the 2011 count Karkapal is the 55th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 244.26 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Karkapal

Karkapal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkapal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karkapal from other places

Karkapal lies about 24 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dilmili, about 13 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 Karkapal
Nearest railway station	Dilmili	13 km
District headquarters	Bastar	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdalpur	31 km

Villages closest to Karkapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkapal village had a population of 774. That makes it the 55th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Karkapal village has 368 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkapal has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Karkapal is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkapal covers 244.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkapal falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karkapal is Dilmili, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Karkapal.

Karkapal is about 24 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkapal is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Dilmili is about 13 km away. Bastar is about 24 km away. Jagdalpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.