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About Khelma Pt I Village

Khelma Pt I is a large village in Katigora tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,002, made up of 1,072 males and 930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.57 hectares hectares.

Khelma Pt I Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khelma Pt I village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Katigora
Area (hectares) 196.57 hectares
Population 2,002
Male Population 1,072
Female Population 930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khelma Pt I compares

By the 2011 count Khelma Pt I is the 46th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents. Its 196.57 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Getting to Khelma Pt I

Khelma Pt I is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khelma Pt I as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khelma Pt I from other places

Khelma Pt I lies about 5.6 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is New Silchar, about 2.3 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 Khelma Pt I
Nearest railway station New Silchar 2.3 km
Nearest town Silchar 4.5 km
District headquarters Cachar 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Katigora 18 km

Villages closest to Khelma Pt I

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katigora 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 Khelma Pt I

As per the Census of India 2011, Khelma Pt I village had a population of 2,002. That makes it the 46th largest of the 213 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,289 residents.

Khelma Pt I village has 1,072 males and 930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khelma Pt I has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 930.

Khelma Pt I covers 196.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khelma Pt I falls under Katigora tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Khelma Pt I is New Silchar, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khelma Pt I.

Khelma Pt I is about 5.6 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khelma Pt I is in Katigora tehsil of Cachar district. New Silchar is about 2.3 km away. Silchar is about 4.5 km away. Cachar is about 5.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khelma Pt Ii (under 2 km), Khelma Pt Iii (under 2 km) and Khelma Pt Iv (under 2 km).

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

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