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About Karipani Village

Karipani is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 164, made up of 88 males and 76 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 90.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karipani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karipani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 494347
Area (hectares) 90.75 hectares
Population 164
Male Population 88
Female Population 76
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karipani compares

By the 2011 count Karipani is the 205th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 90.75 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1030.

Getting to Karipani

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

Karipani lies about 73 km from Dhamtari. 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 Karipani
Tehsil headquarters Nagri 26 km
Nearest town Kānker 44 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 73 km

Villages closest to Karipani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karipani village had a population of 164. That makes it the 205th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Karipani village has 88 males and 76 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karipani has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Karipani is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karipani covers 90.75 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.

Karipani falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Karipani 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 village for Karipani.

Karipani is about 73 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karipani is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 26 km away. Kānker is about 44 km away. Dhamtari is about 73 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Budra (4.1 km), Borai (5.6 km) and Akawari (6.3 km).

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

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