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About Karmel Village

Karmel is a small village in Kasdol tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 141 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 294.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karmel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karmel village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Kasdol
Pincode 492112
Area (hectares) 294.16 hectares
Population 298
Male Population 141
Female Population 157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,113
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karmel compares

By the 2011 count Karmel is the 150th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 294.16 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Karmel

Karmel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karmel as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Karmel from other places

Karmel lies about 106 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 52 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 Karmel
Tehsil headquarters Kasdol 28 km
Nearest town Saraipali 42 km
Nearest railway station Bagbahra 52 km
District headquarters Raipur 106 km

Villages closest to Karmel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karmel village had a population of 298. That makes it the 150th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Karmel village has 141 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karmel has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Karmel is 492112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karmel covers 294.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karmel falls under Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karmel is Bagbahra, about 52 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 - 10 km distance for Karmel.

Karmel is about 106 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karmel is in Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district. Kasdol is about 28 km away. Saraipali is about 42 km away. Bagbahra is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saraipali (under 2 km), Ganjardih (2.2 km) and Nageda (3.2 km).

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

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