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About Karka Village

Karka is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 158, made up of 75 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 494665
Population 158
Male Population 75
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,107
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karka compares

By the 2011 count Karka is the 206th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Karka

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

Karka lies about 83 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sankra, about 84 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 Karka
Tehsil headquarters Nagri 25 km
Nearest town Umarkot 56 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 83 km
Nearest railway station Sankra 84 km

Villages closest to Karka

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 Karka

As per the Census of India 2011, Karka village had a population of 158. That makes it the 206th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Karka village has 75 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karka has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Karka is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karka falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karka is Sankra, about 84 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 10+ km distance for Karka.

Karka is about 83 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karka is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 25 km away. Umarkot is about 56 km away. Dhamtari is about 83 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ujrawan Alias Mardagiri (under 2 km), Risgaon (3.1 km) and Sandbahra (3.3 km).

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

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