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About Korkoti Village

Korkoti is a mid sized village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 821, made up of 385 males and 436 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,132 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4519.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494556, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korkoti Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korkoti village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Gidam
Pincode 494556
Area (hectares) 4519.53 hectares
Population 821
Male Population 385
Female Population 436
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,132
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korkoti compares

By the 2011 count Korkoti is the 29th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 4519.53 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Korkoti

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

Korkoti lies about 41 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada. 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 Korkoti
Tehsil headquarters Gidam 16 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 41 km
Nearest town Bacheli 51 km

Villages closest to Korkoti

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korkoti village had a population of 821. That makes it the 29th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Korkoti village has 385 males and 436 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korkoti has about 1132 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Korkoti is 494556. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korkoti covers 4519.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Korkoti falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Korkoti notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Korkoti.

Korkoti is about 41 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.

Korkoti is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 16 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 41 km away. Bacheli is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Reka (2.0 km), Harla (5.5 km) and Norli (5.6 km).

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

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