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About Kareli Village

Kareli is a small village in Mainpur tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 341, made up of 164 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kareli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kareli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Mainpur
Pincode 493335
Area (hectares) 429.05 hectares
Population 341
Male Population 164
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kareli compares

By the 2011 count Kareli is the 107th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 739 residents. Its 429.05 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1031.

Getting to Kareli

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

Kareli lies about 129 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Harishanker Rd, about 82 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 Kareli
Tehsil headquarters Mainpur 16 km
Nearest town Umarkot 57 km
Nearest railway station Harishanker Rd 82 km
District headquarters Raipur 129 km

Villages closest to Kareli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kareli village had a population of 341. That makes it the 107th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 739 residents.

Kareli village has 164 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kareli has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Kareli is 493335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kareli covers 429.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kareli falls under Mainpur tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kareli is Harishanker Rd, about 82 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 Kareli.

Kareli is about 129 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kareli is in Mainpur tehsil of Raipur district. Mainpur is about 16 km away. Umarkot is about 57 km away. Harishanker Rd is about 82 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shobha (1.8 km), Jarhidih (2.5 km) and Dholsarai (3.9 km).

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

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