About Korga Village

Korga is a mid sized village in Kamrau tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 825, made up of 426 males and 399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 630.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Korga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korga village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Kamrau
Pincode	173022
Area (hectares)	630.17 hectares
Population	825
Male Population	426
Female Population	399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Korga compares

By the 2011 count Korga is the 17th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 824 residents. Its 630.17 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, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Korga

Korga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Korga as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Korga from other places

Korga lies about 19 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 53 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 Korga
Tehsil headquarters	Kamrau	8.7 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	18 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	53 km

Villages closest to Korga

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Korga

As per the Census of India 2011, Korga village had a population of 825. That makes it the 17th largest of the 45 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 824 residents.

Korga village has 426 males and 399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korga has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Korga is 173022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Korga covers 630.17 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.

Korga falls under Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Korga is Dehradun, about 53 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Korga.

Korga is about 19 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korga is in Kamrau tehsil of Sirmaur district. Kamrau is about 8.7 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 18 km away. Sirmaur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.