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About Karkajhar Village

Karkajhar is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 41 males and 34 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkajhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkajhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 33 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 41
Female Population 34
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 829
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkajhar compares

By the 2011 count Karkajhar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 33 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Karkajhar

Karkajhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkajhar 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. The nearest villages by name are Kalagaon, Kalangpuri, Kalwar and Kanapal. 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 Karkajhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkajhar village had a population of 75. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Karkajhar village has 41 males and 34 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkajhar has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Karkajhar is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkajhar covers 33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkajhar falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Karkajhar 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karkajhar.

Karkajhar is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker 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 Karkajhar today is likely to be higher.

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