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About Karacha Village

Karacha is a mid sized village in Samri tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,636, made up of 813 males and 823 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1220.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karacha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karacha village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Samri
Pincode 497107
Area (hectares) 1220.75 hectares
Population 1,636
Male Population 813
Female Population 823
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karacha compares

By the 2011 count Karacha is the 16th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 978 residents. Its 1220.75 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 971.

Getting to Karacha

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

Karacha lies about 79 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, 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 Karacha
Tehsil headquarters Samri 25 km
Nearest railway station Barwadih Junction 45 km
Nearest town Medininagar 58 km
District headquarters Surguja 79 km

Villages closest to Karacha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karacha village had a population of 1,636. That makes it the 16th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 978 residents.

Karacha village has 813 males and 823 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karacha has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Karacha is 497107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karacha covers 1220.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karacha falls under Samri tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karacha is Barwadih Junction, 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karacha.

Karacha is about 79 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karacha is in Samri tehsil of Surguja district. Samri is about 25 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 45 km away. Medininagar is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonbarsa (4.2 km), Ramnagar (5.2 km) and Bhawanipur Urf Mahkepi (6.0 km).

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

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