About Karkepa Village

Karkepa is a small village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 485, made up of 254 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 334.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkepa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkepa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Balrampur
Pincode	497118
Area (hectares)	334.39 hectares
Population	485
Male Population	254
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	909
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkepa compares

By the 2011 count Karkepa is the 89th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 334.39 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Karkepa

Karkepa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkepa 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. The nearest villages by name are Jhalpi, Jhapra, Kanda and Kapaut. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Karkepa

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkepa village had a population of 485. That makes it the 89th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Karkepa village has 254 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkepa has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Karkepa is 497118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkepa covers 334.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkepa falls under Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Karkepa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Karkepa.

Karkepa is in Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.