About Kargikalan Village

Kargikalan is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,129, made up of 565 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 998 females per 1000 males. The village covers 514.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kargikalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kargikalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Marwahi
Pincode	495118
Area (hectares)	514.28 hectares
Population	1,129
Male Population	565
Female Population	564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	998
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kargikalan compares

By the 2011 count Kargikalan is the 49th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 514.28 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Kargikalan

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

Kargikalan lies about 97 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Venkatnagar, about 23 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 Kargikalan
Tehsil headquarters	Marwahi	7.3 km
Nearest town	Pasān	16 km
Nearest railway station	Venkatnagar	23 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	97 km

Villages closest to Kargikalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kargikalan village had a population of 1,129. That makes it the 49th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Kargikalan village has 565 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kargikalan has about 998 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 1023.

The pincode recorded for Kargikalan is 495118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kargikalan covers 514.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kargikalan falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kargikalan is Venkatnagar, about 23 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 village for Kargikalan.

Kargikalan is about 97 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kargikalan is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Marwahi is about 7.3 km away. Pasān is about 16 km away. Venkatnagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.