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About Korba Village

Korba is a mid sized village in Mohla tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 723, made up of 345 males and 378 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491666, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korba Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korba village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Mohla
Pincode 491666
Area (hectares) 449.16 hectares
Population 723
Male Population 345
Female Population 378
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,096
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Korba compares

By the 2011 count Korba is the 25th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 494 residents. Its 449.16 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, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Korba

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

Korba lies about 33 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Balod, about 11 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 Korba
Nearest railway station Balod 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Mohla 33 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 33 km

Villages closest to Korba

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korba village had a population of 723. That makes it the 25th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 494 residents.

Korba village has 345 males and 378 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korba has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

The pincode recorded for Korba is 491666. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korba covers 449.16 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.

Korba falls under Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Korba is Balod, about 11 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 Korba.

Korba is about 33 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korba is in Mohla tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Balod is about 11 km away. Mohla is about 33 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paradi (9.6 km), Parawidih (9.6 km) and Madhiyandin (12 km).

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

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