About Birgahni Village

Birgahni is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 816, made up of 439 males and 377 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birgahni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birgahni village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Kota
Pincode	495442
Area (hectares)	247.45 hectares
Population	816
Male Population	439
Female Population	377
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Birgahni compares

By the 2011 count Birgahni is the 89th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 247.45 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Birgahni

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

Birgahni lies about 32 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 10 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 Birgahni
Nearest town	Ratanpur	10 km
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kota	12 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	32 km

Villages closest to Birgahni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Birgahni village had a population of 816. That makes it the 89th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Birgahni village has 439 males and 377 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birgahni has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Birgahni is 495442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birgahni covers 247.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Birgahni falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Birgahni is Salkaroad, about 10 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 10+ km distance for Birgahni.

Birgahni is about 32 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Birgahni is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Ratanpur is about 10 km away. Salkaroad is about 10 km away. Kota is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.