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About Kharga Village

Kharga is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 615, made up of 287 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 495113
Area (hectares) 242.69 hectares
Population 615
Male Population 287
Female Population 328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,143
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kharga compares

By the 2011 count Kharga is the 114th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 242.69 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Kharga

Kharga 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 Kharga 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kharga from other places

Kharga lies about 36 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 21 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 Kharga
Tehsil headquarters Kota 20 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 21 km
Nearest town Mungeli 24 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 36 km

Villages closest to Kharga

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.

Common questions about Kharga

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharga village had a population of 615. That makes it the 114th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Kharga village has 287 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharga has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Kharga is 495113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharga covers 242.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharga falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kharga is Kargi Road, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Kharga.

Kharga is about 36 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharga is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kota is about 20 km away. Kargi Road is about 21 km away. Mungeli is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirsaha (under 2 km), Manpahri (2.1 km) and Kusmuli (3.5 km).

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

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