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About Karri Village

Karri is a mid sized village in Poundi Uproda tehsil, in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,093, made up of 543 males and 550 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 712.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Korba
Tehsil Poundi Uproda
Pincode 495119
Area (hectares) 712.29 hectares
Population 1,093
Male Population 543
Female Population 550
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Karri compares

By the 2011 count Karri is the 58th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 901 residents. Its 712.29 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 995.

Getting to Karri

Karri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Karri from other places

Karri lies about 20 km from Korba, and the nearest railway station is Madwarani, about under 2 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 Karri
Nearest railway station Madwarani under 2 km
Nearest town Chāmpa 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Poundi Uproda 20 km
District headquarters Korba 20 km

Villages closest to Karri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Poundi Uproda 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 Karri

As per the Census of India 2011, Karri village had a population of 1,093. That makes it the 58th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 901 residents.

Karri village has 543 males and 550 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karri has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Karri is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karri covers 712.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karri falls under Poundi Uproda tehsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karri is Madwarani, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Karri.

Karri is about 20 km from Korba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karri is in Poundi Uproda tehsil of Korba district. Madwarani is about under 2 km away. Chāmpa is about 16 km away. Poundi Uproda is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banjari (2.4 km), Barpali (4.3 km) and Nawapara (4.7 km).

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

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