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About Karngara Village

Karngara is a small village in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 468, made up of 227 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,062 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karngara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karngara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pendra Road Gorella
Pincode 495117
Area (hectares) 144.22 hectares
Population 468
Male Population 227
Female Population 241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,062
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karngara compares

By the 2011 count Karngara is the 77th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 144.22 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Karngara

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

Karngara lies about 31 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 16 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 Karngara
Nearest town Ratanpur 7.8 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Pendra Road Gorella 31 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 31 km

Villages closest to Karngara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pendra Road Gorella 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.

Common questions about Karngara

As per the Census of India 2011, Karngara village had a population of 468. That makes it the 77th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Karngara village has 227 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karngara has about 1062 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Karngara is 495117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karngara covers 144.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karngara falls under Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karngara is Kargi Road, about 16 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 Karngara.

Karngara is about 31 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karngara is in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district. Ratanpur is about 7.8 km away. Kargi Road is about 16 km away. Pendra Road Gorella is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalpur (4.0 km), Lalati (9.9 km) and Salheghori (13 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karngara today is likely to be higher.

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