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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
LACHNI MARKAM
Contact: 88****0624
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- LGD code
- 449620
- Pincode
- 494115
- Post office
- Tongpal
- Population
- 590
- Households
- 130
- Literacy rate
- 16.8%
- Sex ratio
- 1014 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 345
- Distance to district centre
- 155 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 179 km
- Distance to Raipur
- 201 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 341 km
- Nearest railway station
- Mul Marora · 74 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- 555555555 · 25 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Karka compares
By population, Karka ranks #37 of 55 villages in Darbha mandal.
Literacy rate
%
16.8%
−14.6% vs mandal average
Karka16.8%
Darbha mandal31.4%
Bastar district46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,014
−19 vs mandal average
Karka1,014
Darbha mandal1,033
Household size
people per home
4.5
Same as the mandal average
Karka4.5
Darbha mandal4.5
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Karka at a glance
Karka is a village of 590 people in 130 households (Census 2011) in Darbha tehsil, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, the 37th-largest of 55 villages in Darbha tehsil. Literacy is 17%, 15 points below the tehsil average of 31% and the sex ratio is 1,014 women per 1,000 men. It lies 155 km from the Bastar district centre, 48 km from Chamorshi, the nearest town, 74 km from Mul Marora railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 494115, served by Tongpal post office; the LGD village code is 449620. The nearest hospital or health centre is 555555555, 25 km away. The sarpanch is LACHNI MARKAM, and the village votes in Chitrakot assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vinayak Goyal. The population is estimated at 696 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Kark A →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karka · this village | 590 | 17% | — |
| Karka · Kota | 655 | 58% | 0 km N |
| Kanhalgaon (M) · Etapalli | 68 | 46% | 2.2 km W |
| Magdandi · Etapalli | 65 | 48% | 2.4 km S |
| Koindul · Etapalli | 273 | 58% | 3.1 km W |
| Chokhewada · Etapalli | 459 | 59% | 3.5 km S |
| Ropi · Etapalli | 122 | 30% | 4 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Karka
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (winter)
- 8
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- No
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- JAGDALPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 43
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 43
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 7
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- CHHINDWADA
- Total area (ha)
- 251.27
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 36.74
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Karka
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Karka
- LGD code
- 449620
- Pincode
- 494115
- Post office
- Tongpal
- Population (Census 2011)
- 590
- Population (projected 2026)
- 696
- Households
- 130
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1014
- Literacy rate
- 16.8%
- Coordinates
- 19.89844°N, 80.34531°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bastar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chitrakot
- Member of Parliament
- Mahesh Kashyap
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vinayak Goyal
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- LACHNI MARKAM
- Block / Mandal
- Darbha
Getting there
How to reach Karka
Distance to cities · straight line
- Raipur201 kmcapital
- Hyderabad341 km
- Chennai758 km
- Mumbai788 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationMul Marora74 km
- Hospital / PHC55555555525 km
- ATM / bankSBI Customer Service Point27 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil40 km
- CollegeLok Biradari School and College57 km
- Police stationPolice Station, Ghot39 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-19
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)