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About Koretha Village

Koretha is a small village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 452, made up of 236 males and 216 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koretha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koretha village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494336
Area (hectares) 338.53 hectares
Population 452
Male Population 236
Female Population 216
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 915
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Koretha compares

By the 2011 count Koretha is the 67th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 338.53 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1036.

Getting to Koretha

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

Koretha lies about 8.5 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 24 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 Koretha
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 8.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 19 km
Nearest town Kānker 19 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 24 km

Villages closest to Koretha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Koretha village had a population of 452. That makes it the 67th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Koretha village has 236 males and 216 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koretha has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Koretha is 494336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Koretha covers 338.53 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.

Koretha falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Koretha is Keoti, about 24 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 10+ km distance for Koretha.

Koretha is about 8.5 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.

Koretha is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 8.5 km away. Kanker is about 19 km away. Kānker is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sureli (1.9 km), Koliyari (2.3 km) and Domaharra (2.5 km).

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

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