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About Karsing Village

Karsing is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 811, made up of 398 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 376 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karsing Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karsing village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 376 hectares
Population 811
Male Population 398
Female Population 413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karsing compares

By the 2011 count Karsing is the 63rd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 376 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Karsing

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

Karsing lies about 46 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dilmili, about 58 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 Karsing
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 11 km
District headquarters Bastar 46 km
Nearest railway station Dilmili 58 km

Villages closest to Karsing

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karsing village had a population of 811. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Karsing village has 398 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karsing has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Karsing is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karsing covers 376 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karsing falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karsing is Dilmili, about 58 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 10+ km distance for Karsing.

Karsing is about 46 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karsing is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 11 km away. Bastar is about 46 km away. Dilmili is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mayur Dongar (4.2 km), Kusma (5.9 km) and Hangwa (6.3 km).

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

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