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About Kejang Village

Kejang is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 686, made up of 324 males and 362 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,117 females per 1000 males. The village covers 924.744 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kejang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kejang village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 924.744 hectares
Population 686
Male Population 324
Female Population 362
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,117
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kejang compares

By the 2011 count Kejang is the 79th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 924.744 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1046.

Getting to Kejang

Kejang is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kejang 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kejang from other places

Kejang lies about 60 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 63 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 Kejang
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 23 km
District headquarters Bastar 60 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 63 km

Villages closest to Kejang

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kejang village had a population of 686. That makes it the 79th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Kejang village has 324 males and 362 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kejang has about 1117 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Kejang is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kejang covers 924.744 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kejang falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kejang is Silak Jhori, about 63 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Kejang is about 60 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kejang is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 23 km away. Bastar is about 60 km away. Silak Jhori is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Adnar (1.7 km), Madanar (1.7 km) and Madhanar (1.7 km).

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

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