About Karkeli Village

Karkeli is a mid sized village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 838, made up of 461 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 818 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2461.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkeli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkeli village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhairamgarh
Pincode	494450
Area (hectares)	2461.48 hectares
Population	838
Male Population	461
Female Population	377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	818
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkeli compares

By the 2011 count Karkeli is the 24th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 2461.48 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1065.

Getting to Karkeli

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

Karkeli lies about 37 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 54 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 Karkeli
Tehsil headquarters	Bhairamgarh	26 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	37 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	54 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	66 km

Villages closest to Karkeli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkeli village had a population of 838. That makes it the 24th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Karkeli village has 461 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkeli has about 818 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Karkeli is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkeli covers 2461.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkeli falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karkeli is Kamalur, about 54 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 Karkeli.

Karkeli is about 37 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkeli is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhairamgarh is about 26 km away. Bijapur is about 37 km away. Kamalur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.