About Karka Village

Karka is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 655, made up of 333 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Kota
Pincode	494336
Area (hectares)	338.11 hectares
Population	655
Male Population	333
Female Population	322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	967
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karka compares

By the 2011 count Karka is the 110th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 338.11 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Karka

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

Karka lies about 33 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 9.5 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 Karka
Tehsil headquarters	Kota	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	9.5 km
Nearest town	Ratanpur	24 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	33 km

Villages closest to Karka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karka village had a population of 655. That makes it the 110th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Karka village has 333 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karka has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Karka is 494336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karka covers 338.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karka falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karka is Kargi Road, about 9.5 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 Karka.

Karka is about 33 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karka is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kota is about 9.2 km away. Kargi Road is about 9.5 km away. Ratanpur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.