About Karethi Village

Karethi is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 739, made up of 366 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karethi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karethi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	491661
Area (hectares)	351.64 hectares
Population	739
Male Population	366
Female Population	373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karethi compares

By the 2011 count Karethi is the 78th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 351.64 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Karethi

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

Karethi lies about 22 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 20 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 Karethi
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	3.9 km
Nearest railway station	Bakal	20 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	22 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	22 km

Villages closest to Karethi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karethi village had a population of 739. That makes it the 78th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Karethi village has 366 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karethi has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Karethi is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karethi covers 351.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karethi falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karethi is Bakal, about 20 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 village for Karethi.

Karethi is about 22 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karethi is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about 3.9 km away. Bakal is about 20 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.