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About Karkara Village

Karkara is a mid sized village in Chhura tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,093, made up of 523 males and 570 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491674, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Chhura
Pincode 491674
Area (hectares) 254.62 hectares
Population 1,093
Male Population 523
Female Population 570
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,090
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkara compares

By the 2011 count Karkara is the 25th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 254.62 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Karkara

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

Karkara lies about 67 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Arand, about 26 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 Karkara
Tehsil headquarters Chhura 8.9 km
Nearest railway station Arand 26 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 27 km
District headquarters Raipur 67 km

Villages closest to Karkara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkara village had a population of 1,093. That makes it the 25th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Karkara village has 523 males and 570 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkara has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Karkara is 491674. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkara covers 254.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkara falls under Chhura tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karkara is Arand, about 26 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 Karkara.

Karkara is about 67 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkara is in Chhura tehsil of Raipur district. Chhura is about 8.9 km away. Arand is about 26 km away. Mahāsamund is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Piparhatta (1.6 km), Korasi (1.9 km) and Onwa (2.4 km).

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

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