About Karela Purana Village

Karela Purana is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,124, made up of 562 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 709.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karela Purana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karela Purana village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	709.9 hectares
Population	1,124
Male Population	562
Female Population	562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karela Purana compares

By the 2011 count Karela Purana is the 47th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 709.9 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Karela Purana

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

Karela Purana lies about 26 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 12 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 Karela Purana
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	12 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	19 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	26 km

Villages closest to Karela Purana

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khairagarh 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 Karela Purana

As per the Census of India 2011, Karela Purana village had a population of 1,124. That makes it the 47th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Karela Purana village has 562 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karela Purana has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Karela Purana is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karela Purana covers 709.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karela Purana falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karela Purana is Jatkanhar, about 12 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 Karela Purana.

Karela Purana is about 26 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karela Purana is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 12 km away. Dongargarh is about 16 km away. Khairagarh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.