About Kareli Village

Kareli is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,423, made up of 704 males and 719 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,021 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kareli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kareli village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	491331
Area (hectares)	688.86 hectares
Population	1,423
Male Population	704
Female Population	719
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,021
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kareli compares

By the 2011 count Kareli is the 45th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 688.86 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Kareli

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

Kareli lies about 26 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai Power House, about 24 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 Kareli
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	3.2 km
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	13 km
Nearest railway station	Bhilai Power House	24 km
District headquarters	Durg	26 km

Villages closest to Kareli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kareli village had a population of 1,423. That makes it the 45th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Kareli village has 704 males and 719 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kareli has about 1021 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Kareli is 491331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kareli covers 688.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kareli falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kareli is Bhilai Power House, about 24 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 Kareli.

Kareli is about 26 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kareli is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 3.2 km away. Ahīwāra is about 13 km away. Bhilai Power House is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.