About Karekot Village

Karekot is a mid sized village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,308, made up of 629 males and 679 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 829.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karekot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karekot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	494010
Area (hectares)	829.84 hectares
Population	1,308
Male Population	629
Female Population	679
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karekot compares

By the 2011 count Karekot is the 19th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 829.84 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Karekot

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

Karekot lies about 18 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Kumhar Maranga, about 2.8 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 Karekot
Nearest railway station	Kumhar Maranga	2.8 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	6.6 km
District headquarters	Bastar	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	25 km

Villages closest to Karekot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karekot village had a population of 1,308. That makes it the 19th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Karekot village has 629 males and 679 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karekot has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Karekot is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karekot covers 829.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karekot falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karekot is Kumhar Maranga, about 2.8 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 Karekot.

Karekot is about 18 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karekot is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Kumhar Maranga is about 2.8 km away. Jagdalpur is about 6.6 km away. Bastar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.