About Karap Village

Karap is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,089, made up of 527 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karap Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karap village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Narharpur
Pincode	494335
Area (hectares)	480.82 hectares
Population	1,089
Male Population	527
Female Population	562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,066
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karap compares

By the 2011 count Karap is the 36th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 480.82 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Karap

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

Karap lies about 39 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 47 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 Karap
Nearest town	Kānker	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narharpur	17 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	39 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	47 km

Villages closest to Karap

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karap village had a population of 1,089. That makes it the 36th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Karap village has 527 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karap has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Karap is 494335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karap covers 480.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karap falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karap is Dhamtari, about 47 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 Karap.

Karap is about 39 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.

Karap is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kānker is about 12 km away. Narharpur is about 17 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.