About Karekatta Village

Karekatta is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,423, made up of 770 males and 653 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 593 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495660, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Karekatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karekatta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	495660
Area (hectares)	593 hectares
Population	1,423
Male Population	770
Female Population	653
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Karekatta compares

By the 2011 count Karekatta is the 18th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 593 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 973.

Getting to Karekatta

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

Karekatta lies about 62 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 45 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 Karekatta
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	45 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	60 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	62 km

Villages closest to Karekatta

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 Karekatta

As per the Census of India 2011, Karekatta village had a population of 1,423. That makes it the 18th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Karekatta village has 770 males and 653 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karekatta has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Karekatta is 495660. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Karekatta covers 593 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Karekatta is Bhanupratappur, about 45 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 Karekatta.

Karekatta is about 62 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.

Karekatta is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 23 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 45 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.