About Karekatta Village

Karekatta is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 179 males and 157 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493992, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karekatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karekatta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	493992
Area (hectares)	201.08 hectares
Population	336
Male Population	179
Female Population	157
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karekatta compares

By the 2011 count Karekatta is the 83rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 201.08 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Karekatta

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

Karekatta lies about 104 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 45 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 Karekatta
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	18 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	45 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	60 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	104 km

Villages closest to Karekatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karekatta village had a population of 336. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Karekatta village has 179 males and 157 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karekatta has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Karekatta is 493992. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karekatta covers 201.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karekatta falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karekatta is Bhanupratappur, about 45 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 Karekatta.

Karekatta is about 104 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karekatta is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 18 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 45 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.