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About Karpi Kalan Village

Karpi Kalan is a small village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 184 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karpi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karpi Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Pandariya
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 211.76 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 184
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karpi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Karpi Kalan is the 220th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 211.76 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Karpi Kalan

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

Karpi Kalan lies about 25 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Bhanwar Tonk, about 71 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 Karpi Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Pandariya 13 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 25 km
Nearest town Kawardha 32 km
Nearest railway station Bhanwar Tonk 71 km

Villages closest to Karpi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pandariya 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 Karpi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Karpi Kalan village had a population of 375. That makes it the 220th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Karpi Kalan village has 184 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karpi Kalan has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Karpi Kalan is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karpi Kalan covers 211.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karpi Kalan falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karpi Kalan is Bhanwar Tonk, about 71 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 Karpi Kalan.

Karpi Kalan is about 25 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karpi Kalan is in Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Pandariya is about 13 km away. Kabeerdham is about 25 km away. Kawardha is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karpigodan (under 2 km), Murki (1.6 km) and Limhaipur (1.7 km).

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

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