About Khanda Village

Khanda is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,235, made up of 617 males and 618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 254.689 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khanda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495559
Area (hectares)	254.689 hectares
Population	1,235
Male Population	617
Female Population	618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khanda compares

By the 2011 count Khanda is the 89th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 254.689 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Khanda

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

Khanda lies about 21 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jairamnagar, about 14 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 Khanda
Nearest railway station	Jairamnagar	14 km
Nearest town	Akaltara	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	19 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	21 km

Villages closest to Khanda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khanda village had a population of 1,235. That makes it the 89th largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Khanda village has 617 males and 618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khanda has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Khanda is 495559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khanda covers 254.689 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khanda falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khanda is Jairamnagar, about 14 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 Khanda.

Khanda is about 21 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khanda is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Jairamnagar is about 14 km away. Akaltara is about 16 km away. Masturi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.