About Karaiha Village

Karaiha is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 938, made up of 482 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 435.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karaiha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karaiha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Charama
Pincode	496665
Area (hectares)	435.92 hectares
Population	938
Male Population	482
Female Population	456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karaiha compares

By the 2011 count Karaiha is the 47th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 435.92 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Karaiha

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

How far is Karaiha from other places

Karaiha lies about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 29 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 Karaiha
Tehsil headquarters	Charama	4.8 km
Nearest town	Kānker	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	29 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	32 km

Villages closest to Karaiha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karaiha village had a population of 938. That makes it the 47th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Karaiha village has 482 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karaiha has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Karaiha is 496665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karaiha covers 435.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karaiha falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karaiha is Dhamtari, about 29 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 village for Karaiha.

Karaiha is about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karaiha is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 4.8 km away. Kānker is about 26 km away. Dhamtari is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.