About Khektara Village

Khektara is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 999, made up of 497 males and 502 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khektara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khektara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	142.48 hectares
Population	999
Male Population	497
Female Population	502
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khektara compares

By the 2011 count Khektara is the 98th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 142.48 hectares work out to about 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Khektara

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

Khektara lies about 62 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 45 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 Khektara
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	12 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	23 km
Nearest railway station	Salkaroad	45 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	62 km

Villages closest to Khektara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khektara village had a population of 999. That makes it the 98th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Khektara village has 497 males and 502 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khektara has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Khektara is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khektara covers 142.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Khektara falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khektara is Salkaroad, about 45 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 village for Khektara.

Khektara is about 62 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khektara is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 12 km away. Mungeli is about 23 km away. Salkaroad is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.