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About Karrajhar Village

Karrajhar is a small village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 173 males and 143 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karrajhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karrajhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491226
Area (hectares) 372.9 hectares
Population 316
Male Population 173
Female Population 143
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 827
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karrajhar compares

By the 2011 count Karrajhar is the 99th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 372.9 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1022.

Getting to Karrajhar

Karrajhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karrajhar 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karrajhar from other places

Karrajhar lies about 70 km from Durg. 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 Karrajhar
Tehsil headquarters Gurur 12 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 21 km
District headquarters Durg 70 km

Villages closest to Karrajhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karrajhar village had a population of 316. That makes it the 99th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Karrajhar village has 173 males and 143 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karrajhar has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Karrajhar is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karrajhar covers 372.9 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.

Karrajhar falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Karrajhar 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 <5 km distance for Karrajhar.

Karrajhar is about 70 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karrajhar is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 12 km away. Dhamtari is about 21 km away. Durg is about 70 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muskera (under 2 km), Alori (2.1 km) and Onakona (3.8 km).

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

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