About Karela Village

Karela is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,189, made up of 557 males and 632 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,135 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420.24 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karela village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	491223
Area (hectares)	420.24 hectares
Population	1,189
Male Population	557
Female Population	632
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,135
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karela compares

By the 2011 count Karela is the 81st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 420.24 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Karela

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

Karela lies about 36 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 20 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 Karela
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	11 km
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	20 km
Nearest town	Dhamtari	27 km
District headquarters	Durg	36 km

Villages closest to Karela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karela village had a population of 1,189. That makes it the 81st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Karela village has 557 males and 632 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karela has about 1135 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Karela is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karela covers 420.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karela falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karela is Gundardehi, about 20 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 village for Karela.

Karela is about 36 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karela is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Patan is about 11 km away. Gundardehi is about 20 km away. Dhamtari is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.