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About Karga Village

Karga is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 698, made up of 337 males and 361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 256.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Patan
Pincode 491111
Area (hectares) 256.88 hectares
Population 698
Male Population 337
Female Population 361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karga compares

By the 2011 count Karga is the 117th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 256.88 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 Karga

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

Karga lies about 35 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sarona, about 8.6 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 Karga
Nearest railway station Sarona 8.6 km
Nearest town Kumhāri 9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Patan 33 km
District headquarters Durg 35 km

Villages closest to Karga

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.

Common questions about Karga

As per the Census of India 2011, Karga village had a population of 698. That makes it the 117th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Karga village has 337 males and 361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karga has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Karga is 491111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karga covers 256.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karga falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karga is Sarona, about 8.6 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 km distance for Karga.

Karga is about 35 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karga is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Sarona is about 8.6 km away. Kumhāri is about 9.3 km away. Patan is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Magarghata (11 km), Bhothali (13 km) and Amleshwar (14 km).

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

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