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About Keharpur Village

Keharpur is a small village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 183 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 820 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keharpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Mungeli
Pincode 494228
Area (hectares) 153.04 hectares
Population 333
Male Population 183
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 820
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keharpur compares

By the 2011 count Keharpur is the 184th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 153.04 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Keharpur

Keharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keharpur 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Keharpur from other places

Keharpur lies about 65 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 57 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 Keharpur
Tehsil headquarters Mungeli 17 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 57 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 65 km

Villages closest to Keharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keharpur village had a population of 333. That makes it the 184th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Keharpur village has 183 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keharpur has about 820 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Keharpur is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keharpur covers 153.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Keharpur falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Keharpur is Kargi Road, about 57 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 5 - 10 km distance for Keharpur.

Keharpur is about 65 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keharpur is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 17 km away. Kargi Road is about 57 km away. Bilaspur is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpalpur (under 2 km), Sankapat (1.6 km) and Pauni (2.4 km).

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

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