About Kerlapal Village

Kerlapal is a large village in Sukma tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,266, made up of 1,180 males and 1,086 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 920 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2688.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerlapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerlapal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Sukma
Pincode	494111
Area (hectares)	2688.1 hectares
Population	2,266
Male Population	1,180
Female Population	1,086
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	920
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerlapal compares

By the 2011 count Kerlapal is the 5th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 980 residents. Its 2688.1 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Kerlapal

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

Kerlapal lies about 50 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 48 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 Kerlapal
Tehsil headquarters	Sukma	9.0 km
Nearest town	Malakanagiri	37 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	48 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	50 km

Villages closest to Kerlapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerlapal village had a population of 2,266. That makes it the 5th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 980 residents.

Kerlapal village has 1,180 males and 1,086 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerlapal has about 920 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Kerlapal is 494111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerlapal covers 2688.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kerlapal falls under Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kerlapal is Kirandul, about 48 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 village for Kerlapal.

Kerlapal is about 50 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.

Kerlapal is in Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Sukma is about 9.0 km away. Malakanagiri is about 37 km away. Kirandul is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.