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About Kakrel Village

Kakrel is a mid sized village in Dondi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 664, made up of 319 males and 345 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 423.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kakrel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kakrel village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dondi
Pincode 491228
Area (hectares) 423.36 hectares
Population 664
Male Population 319
Female Population 345
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,082
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kakrel compares

By the 2011 count Kakrel is the 65th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 423.36 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1049.

Getting to Kakrel

Kakrel is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kakrel as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kakrel from other places

Kakrel lies about 66 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kusumkasa, about 5.2 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 Kakrel
Nearest railway station Kusumkasa 5.2 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dondi 18 km
District headquarters Durg 66 km

Villages closest to Kakrel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kakrel village had a population of 664. That makes it the 65th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Kakrel village has 319 males and 345 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kakrel has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1049.

The pincode recorded for Kakrel is 491228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kakrel covers 423.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kakrel falls under Dondi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kakrel is Kusumkasa, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Kakrel.

Kakrel is about 66 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kakrel is in Dondi tehsil of Durg district. Kusumkasa is about 5.2 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 7.4 km away. Dondi is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajhi (1.9 km), Junwani (1.9 km) and Deopandum (2.2 km).

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

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