About Khal Village

Khal is a mid sized village in Naina Devi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 675, made up of 333 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Naina Devi
Pincode	174201
Area (hectares)	223.66 hectares
Population	675
Male Population	333
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khal compares

By the 2011 count Khal is the 13th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 320 residents. Its 223.66 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 938.

Getting to Khal

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

Khal lies about 22 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 6.2 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 Khal
Nearest railway station	Kalmitar	6.2 km
Nearest town	Ratanpur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Naina Devi	22 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	22 km

Villages closest to Khal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Naina Devi 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 Khal

As per the Census of India 2011, Khal village had a population of 675. That makes it the 13th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 320 residents.

Khal village has 333 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khal has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Khal is 174201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khal covers 223.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khal falls under Naina Devi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khal is Kalmitar, about 6.2 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Khal.

Khal is about 22 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khal is in Naina Devi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kalmitar is about 6.2 km away. Ratanpur is about 19 km away. Naina Devi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.