About Mahrakarka Village

Mahrakarka is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 751, made up of 331 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,269 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1249.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mahrakarka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mahrakarka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	1249.09 hectares
Population	751
Male Population	331
Female Population	420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,269
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mahrakarka compares

By the 2011 count Mahrakarka is the 19th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 1249.09 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1080.

Getting to Mahrakarka

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

Mahrakarka lies about 8.7 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 21 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 Mahrakarka
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	8.7 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katekalyan	24 km

Villages closest to Mahrakarka

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

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Common questions about Mahrakarka

As per the Census of India 2011, Mahrakarka village had a population of 751. That makes it the 19th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Mahrakarka village has 331 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mahrakarka has about 1269 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Mahrakarka is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mahrakarka covers 1249.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mahrakarka falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mahrakarka is Kirandul, about 21 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 Mahrakarka.

Mahrakarka is about 8.7 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.

Mahrakarka is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 8.7 km away. Bacheli is about 20 km away. Kirandul is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.