About Karkat Village

Karkat is a mid sized village in Sohagpur tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 886, made up of 446 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1237.55 hectares hectares.

Karkat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkat village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shahdol
Tehsil	Sohagpur
Area (hectares)	1237.55 hectares
Population	886
Male Population	446
Female Population	440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	987
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 Karkat compares

By the 2011 count Karkat is the 128th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents. Its 1237.55 hectares work out to about 0.7 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Karkat

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

Karkat lies about 20 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Burhar, about 5.0 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 Karkat
Nearest town	Dhanpuri	4.9 km
Nearest railway station	Burhar	5.0 km
District headquarters	Shahdol	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sohagpur	23 km

Villages closest to Karkat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkat village had a population of 886. That makes it the 128th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,056 residents.

Karkat village has 446 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkat has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Karkat covers 1237.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Karkat falls under Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karkat is Burhar, about 5.0 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 Karkat.

Karkat is about 20 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkat is in Sohagpur tehsil of Shahdol district. Dhanpuri is about 4.9 km away. Burhar is about 5.0 km away. Shahdol is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.