About Korka Village

Korka is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 268 males and 263 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2103.87 hectares hectares.

Korka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Korka village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Baihar
Area (hectares)	2103.87 hectares
Population	531
Male Population	268
Female Population	263
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
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 Korka compares

By the 2011 count Korka is the 163rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 2103.87 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Korka

Korka is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Korka 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 Korka from other places

Korka lies about 22 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 22 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 Korka
District headquarters	Balaghat	22 km
Nearest railway station	Dhapewara	22 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Baihar	33 km

Villages closest to Korka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Korka village had a population of 531. That makes it the 163rd largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Korka village has 268 males and 263 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Korka has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Korka covers 2103.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Korka falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Korka is Dhapewara, about 22 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 Korka.

Korka is about 22 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Korka is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Balaghat is about 22 km away. Dhapewara is about 22 km away. Bālāghāt is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.