About Kerakona Village

Kerakona is a small village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 220, made up of 109 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kerakona Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kerakona village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Manora
Pincode	496330
Area (hectares)	241.34 hectares
Population	220
Male Population	109
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kerakona compares

By the 2011 count Kerakona is the 87th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 241.34 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 989.

Getting to Kerakona

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

Kerakona lies about 6.3 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 86 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 Kerakona
District headquarters	Jashpur	6.3 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manora	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	86 km

Villages closest to Kerakona

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kerakona village had a population of 220. That makes it the 87th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Kerakona village has 109 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kerakona has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kerakona is 496330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kerakona covers 241.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kerakona falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kerakona is Lohardaga, about 86 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 Kerakona.

Kerakona is about 6.3 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kerakona is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Jashpur is about 6.3 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 6.3 km away. Manora is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.