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About Korai Village

Korai is a mid sized village in Katghora tehsil, in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 808, made up of 394 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495447, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Korba
Tehsil Katghora
Pincode 495447
Area (hectares) 239 hectares
Population 808
Male Population 394
Female Population 414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korai compares

By the 2011 count Korai is the 48th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 928 residents. Its 239 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Korai

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

Korai lies about 26 km from Korba, and the nearest railway station is Gevra Road, about 24 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 Korai
Tehsil headquarters Katghora 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Gevra Road 24 km
District headquarters Korba 26 km

Villages closest to Korai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korai village had a population of 808. That makes it the 48th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 928 residents.

Korai village has 394 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korai has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Korai is 495447. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korai covers 239 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Korai falls under Katghora tehsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Korai is Gevra Road, about 24 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 Korai.

Korai is about 26 km from Korba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korai is in Katghora tehsil of Korba district. Katghora is about 7.3 km away. Gevra Road is about 24 km away. Korba is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harrabhatta (3.1 km), Ghanakachhar (3.6 km) and Bhalpahri (3.7 km).

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

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