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About Khamharia Village

Khamharia is a small village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 140 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,186 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamharia village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Mungeli
Pincode 495330
Area (hectares) 101.9 hectares
Population 306
Male Population 140
Female Population 166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,186
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamharia compares

By the 2011 count Khamharia is the 194th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 101.9 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Khamharia

Khamharia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khamharia as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Khamharia from other places

Khamharia lies about 54 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 44 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 Khamharia
Tehsil headquarters Mungeli 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 44 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 54 km

Villages closest to Khamharia

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 Khamharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamharia village had a population of 306. That makes it the 194th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Khamharia village has 140 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamharia has about 1186 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Khamharia is 495330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khamharia covers 101.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khamharia falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khamharia is Kargi Road, about 44 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 km distance for Khamharia.

Khamharia is about 54 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamharia is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 9.5 km away. Kargi Road is about 44 km away. Bilaspur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Motimpur (under 2 km), Buchipara (under 2 km) and Hardidih (under 2 km).

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

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