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About Karnjener Village

Karnjener is a small village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 139, made up of 70 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karnjener Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karnjener village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494551
Area (hectares) 76.3 hectares
Population 139
Male Population 70
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karnjener compares

By the 2011 count Karnjener is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 76.3 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Karnjener

Karnjener is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karnjener as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karnjener from other places

Karnjener lies about 15 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 5.5 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 Karnjener
Nearest railway station Dantewara 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 15 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 15 km
Nearest town Bacheli 22 km

Villages closest to Karnjener

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karnjener village had a population of 139. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Karnjener village has 70 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karnjener has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Karnjener is 494551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karnjener covers 76.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karnjener falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karnjener is Dantewara, about 5.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Karnjener.

Karnjener is about 15 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karnjener is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 5.5 km away. Dantewada is about 15 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kumharras (1.9 km), Balood (2.9 km) and Degalras (3.3 km).

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

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