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About Karhi Village

Karhi is a small village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 252, made up of 134 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karhi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Takhatpur
Pincode 495330
Area (hectares) 152.02 hectares
Population 252
Male Population 134
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karhi compares

By the 2011 count Karhi is the 160th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 152.02 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 976.

Getting to Karhi

Karhi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karhi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Karhi from other places

Karhi lies about 45 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 39 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 Karhi
Nearest town Mungeli 3.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Takhatpur 17 km
Nearest railway station Kalmitar 39 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 45 km

Villages closest to Karhi

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 Karhi

As per the Census of India 2011, Karhi village had a population of 252. That makes it the 160th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Karhi village has 134 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karhi has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

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

Karhi covers 152.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karhi falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karhi is Kalmitar, about 39 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 km distance for Karhi.

Karhi is about 45 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karhi is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 3.6 km away. Takhatpur is about 17 km away. Kalmitar is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jogipur (2.3 km), Nawagaon (3.4 km) and Nipaniya (7.4 km).

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

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