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About Karji Village

Karji is a mid sized village in Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,482, made up of 720 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1106.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karji village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Rajpur
Pincode 497118
Area (hectares) 1106.93 hectares
Population 1,482
Male Population 720
Female Population 762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karji compares

By the 2011 count Karji is the 28th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents. Its 1106.93 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 994.

Getting to Karji

Karji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karji 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 Jamuniya, Jhingo, Jigdi and Kakna. 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.

Common questions about Karji

As per the Census of India 2011, Karji village had a population of 1,482. That makes it the 28th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,211 residents.

Karji village has 720 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karji has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 994.

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

Karji covers 1106.93 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.

Karji falls under Rajpur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Karji 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 Karji.

Karji is in Rajpur 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.

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

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