About Karkanar Village

Karkanar is a small village in Orchha tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 328, made up of 171 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Narayanpur
Tehsil	Orchha
Pincode	494661
Population	328
Male Population	171
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	918
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkanar compares

By the 2011 count Karkanar is the 24th largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Karkanar

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

How far is Karkanar from other places

Karkanar lies about 41 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 61 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 Karkanar
Tehsil headquarters	Orchha	12 km
District headquarters	Narayanpur	41 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	41 km
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	61 km

Villages closest to Karkanar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkanar village had a population of 328. That makes it the 24th largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Karkanar village has 171 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkanar has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Karkanar is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkanar falls under Orchha tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karkanar is Dantewara, about 61 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 10+ km distance for Karkanar.

Karkanar is about 41 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkanar is in Orchha tehsil of Narayanpur district. Orchha is about 12 km away. Narayanpur is about 41 km away. Nārāinpur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.