About Karkapal Village

Karkapal is a mid sized village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 589, made up of 287 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 140.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496440, 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	Lohandiguda
Pincode	496440
Area (hectares)	140.64 hectares
Population	589
Male Population	287
Female Population	302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,052
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkapal compares

By the 2011 count Karkapal is the 45th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 140.64 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 1054.

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 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 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
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Dilmili	13 km
District headquarters	Bastar	24 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	31 km

Villages closest to Karkapal

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 Karkapal

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkapal village had a population of 589. That makes it the 45th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Karkapal village has 287 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkapal has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1054.

The pincode recorded for Karkapal is 496440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkapal covers 140.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkapal falls under Lohandiguda 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 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance 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 Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Lohandiguda is about 5.9 km away. Dilmili is about 13 km away. Bastar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.