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About Karramal Village

Karramal is a small village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 233, made up of 109 males and 124 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karramal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karramal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Baramkela
Pincode 496551
Area (hectares) 72.97 hectares
Population 233
Male Population 109
Female Population 124
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,138
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karramal compares

By the 2011 count Karramal is the 181st largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 72.97 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Karramal

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

Karramal lies about 56 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bargarh Road, about 45 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 Karramal
Tehsil headquarters Baramkela 17 km
Nearest town Saraipali 25 km
Nearest railway station Bargarh Road 45 km
District headquarters Raigarh 56 km

Villages closest to Karramal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karramal village had a population of 233. That makes it the 181st largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Karramal village has 109 males and 124 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karramal has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Karramal is 496551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karramal covers 72.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karramal falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karramal is Bargarh Road, about 45 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 Karramal.

Karramal is about 56 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karramal is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 17 km away. Saraipali is about 25 km away. Bargarh Road is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pardhiyapali (under 2 km), Hattapali (1.5 km) and Chhindpatera (1.6 km).

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

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