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About Karagula Village

Karagula is a small village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 459, made up of 226 males and 233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karagula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karagula village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Bagbahra
Pincode 493449
Area (hectares) 169.46 hectares
Population 459
Male Population 226
Female Population 233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,031
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karagula compares

By the 2011 count Karagula is the 164th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 169.46 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Karagula

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

Karagula lies about 47 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Khariar Road, about 5.5 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 Karagula
Nearest railway station Khariar Road 5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Bagbahra 21 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 47 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 47 km

Villages closest to Karagula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karagula village had a population of 459. That makes it the 164th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Karagula village has 226 males and 233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karagula has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Karagula is 493449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karagula covers 169.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karagula falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karagula is Khariar Road, about 5.5 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 Karagula.

Karagula is about 47 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karagula is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Khariar Road is about 5.5 km away. Bagbahra is about 21 km away. Mahasamund is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahera Bhatha (1.7 km), Parkom (1.7 km) and Jhitki (1.9 km).

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

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