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About Karkal Village

Karkal is a small village in Birsinghpur tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 65, made up of 34 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.77 hectares hectares.

Karkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkal village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Birsinghpur
Area (hectares) 40.77 hectares
Population 65
Male Population 34
Female Population 31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkal compares

By the 2011 count Karkal is the 115th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 40.77 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Karkal

Karkal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Karkal as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Karkal from other places

Karkal lies about 26 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Jaitwar, about 10 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 Karkal
Tehsil headquarters Birsinghpur 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Jaitwar 10 km
District headquarters Satna 26 km

Villages closest to Karkal

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

Common questions about Karkal

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkal village had a population of 65. That makes it the 115th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Karkal village has 34 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkal has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Karkal covers 40.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkal falls under Birsinghpur tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karkal is Jaitwar, about 10 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Karkal.

Karkal is about 26 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkal is in Birsinghpur tehsil of Satna district. Birsinghpur is about 3.2 km away. Jaitwar is about 10 km away. Satna is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanch (under 2 km), Reuhan (under 2 km) and Mahuwapar (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Karkal today is likely to be higher.

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