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About Khongsara Village

Khongsara is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,052, made up of 526 males and 526 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 567.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khongsara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khongsara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 495116
Area (hectares) 567.74 hectares
Population 1,052
Male Population 526
Female Population 526
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Khongsara compares

By the 2011 count Khongsara is the 69th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 567.74 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Khongsara

Khongsara 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 Khongsara 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khongsara from other places

Khongsara lies about 56 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Khongsara, about 1.7 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 Khongsara
Nearest railway station Khongsara 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 28 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 37 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 56 km

Villages closest to Khongsara

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 Khongsara

As per the Census of India 2011, Khongsara village had a population of 1,052. That makes it the 69th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Khongsara village has 526 males and 526 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khongsara has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Khongsara is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khongsara covers 567.74 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.

Khongsara falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khongsara is Khongsara, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khongsara.

Khongsara is about 56 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khongsara is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Khongsara is about 1.7 km away. Kota is about 28 km away. Ratanpur is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amagohan (1.9 km), Tuluf (3.3 km) and Mohali (3.6 km).

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

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