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About Karan Kapa Village

Karan Kapa is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,267, made up of 610 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karan Kapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karan Kapa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Takhatpur
Pincode 495330
Area (hectares) 288.88 hectares
Population 1,267
Male Population 610
Female Population 657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karan Kapa compares

By the 2011 count Karan Kapa is the 73rd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 288.88 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Karan Kapa

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

Karan Kapa lies about 36 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 25 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 Karan Kapa
Tehsil headquarters Takhatpur 6.7 km
Nearest town Mungeli 19 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 25 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 36 km

Villages closest to Karan Kapa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Takhatpur 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 Karan Kapa

As per the Census of India 2011, Karan Kapa village had a population of 1,267. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Karan Kapa village has 610 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karan Kapa has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Karan Kapa is 495330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karan Kapa covers 288.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karan Kapa falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karan Kapa is Kargi Road, about 25 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 Karan Kapa.

Karan Kapa is about 36 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karan Kapa is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 6.7 km away. Mungeli is about 19 km away. Kargi Road is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chulghat (2.1 km), Sanwadabra (2.5 km) and Purena (2.8 km).

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

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