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About Karkachhi Village

Karkachhi is a large village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,483, made up of 1,288 males and 1,195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 928 females per 1000 males. The village covers 706 hectares hectares.

Karkachhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Karkachhi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Dudhi
Area (hectares) 706 hectares
Population 2,483
Male Population 1,288
Female Population 1,195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 928
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Karkachhi compares

By the 2011 count Karkachhi is the 64th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 706 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Karkachhi

Karkachhi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Karkachhi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Karkachhi from other places

Karkachhi lies about 85 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 29 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 Karkachhi
Nearest railway station Jharokhas 29 km
Nearest town Renukūt 34 km
Tehsil headquarters Dudhi 34 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 85 km

Villages closest to Karkachhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Karkachhi village had a population of 2,483. That makes it the 64th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Karkachhi village has 1,288 males and 1,195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Karkachhi has about 928 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Karkachhi covers 706 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Karkachhi falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Karkachhi is Jharokhas, about 29 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Karkachhi.

Karkachhi is about 85 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Karkachhi is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Jharokhas is about 29 km away. Renukūt is about 34 km away. Dudhi is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pokhara (3.6 km), Munagadih (6.3 km) and Khara Dih (6.3 km).

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

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