About Khurpa Village

Khurpa is a mid sized village in Marwahi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,563, made up of 795 males and 768 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 966 females per 1000 males. The village covers 923.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khurpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khurpa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Marwahi
Pincode	495119
Area (hectares)	923.8 hectares
Population	1,563
Male Population	795
Female Population	768
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	966
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khurpa compares

By the 2011 count Khurpa is the 25th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents. Its 923.8 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Khurpa

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

Khurpa lies about 99 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Venkatnagar, 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 Khurpa
Nearest railway station	Venkatnagar	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Marwahi	12 km
Nearest town	Pasan	24 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	99 km

Villages closest to Khurpa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khurpa village had a population of 1,563. That makes it the 25th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,358 residents.

Khurpa village has 795 males and 768 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khurpa has about 966 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Khurpa is 495119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khurpa covers 923.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khurpa falls under Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khurpa is Venkatnagar, 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 village for Khurpa.

Khurpa is about 99 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khurpa is in Marwahi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Venkatnagar is about 10 km away. Marwahi is about 12 km away. Pasan is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.