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About Khotalapal Village

Khotalapal is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 925, made up of 444 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khotalapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khotalapal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494222
Area (hectares) 481.72 hectares
Population 925
Male Population 444
Female Population 481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khotalapal compares

By the 2011 count Khotalapal is the 63rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 481.72 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Khotalapal

Khotalapal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khotalapal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khotalapal from other places

Khotalapal lies about 17 km from Bastar. 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 Khotalapal
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 17 km
District headquarters Bastar 17 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 26 km

Villages closest to Khotalapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khotalapal village had a population of 925. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Khotalapal village has 444 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khotalapal has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Khotalapal is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khotalapal covers 481.72 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.

Khotalapal falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Khotalapal notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khotalapal.

Khotalapal is about 17 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khotalapal is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 17 km away. Bastar is about 17 km away. Jagdalpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pathri (2.2 km), Belputi (2.4 km) and Karanji (2.6 km).

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

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