About Karkonda Village

Karkonda is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 239, made up of 117 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 620.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494777, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karkonda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkonda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494777
Area (hectares)	620.48 hectares
Population	239
Male Population	117
Female Population	122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,043
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkonda compares

By the 2011 count Karkonda is the 214th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 620.48 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 973.

Getting to Karkonda

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

How far is Karkonda from other places

Karkonda lies about 94 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 77 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 Karkonda
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	29 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	63 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	77 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	94 km

Villages closest to Karkonda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkonda village had a population of 239. That makes it the 214th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Karkonda village has 117 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkonda has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Karkonda is 494777. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karkonda covers 620.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkonda falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Karkonda is Antagarh, about 77 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 5 - 10 km distance for Karkonda.

Karkonda is about 94 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.

Karkonda is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 29 km away. Garhchiroli is about 63 km away. Antagarh is about 77 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.