About Kalgaon Village

Kalgaon is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,131, made up of 574 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 598.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bade Rajpur
Pincode	494347
Area (hectares)	598.23 hectares
Population	1,131
Male Population	574
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalgaon compares

By the 2011 count Kalgaon is the 28th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 598.23 hectares work out to about 1.9 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Kalgaon

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

Kalgaon lies about 94 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 62 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 Kalgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Bade Rajpur	2.7 km
Nearest town	Kānker	37 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	62 km
District headquarters	Bastar	94 km

Villages closest to Kalgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 Kalgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalgaon village had a population of 1,131. That makes it the 28th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Kalgaon village has 574 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalgaon has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Kalgaon is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalgaon covers 598.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalgaon falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalgaon is Antagarh, about 62 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kalgaon.

Kalgaon is about 94 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalgaon is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 2.7 km away. Kānker is about 37 km away. Antagarh is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.