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About Khajri Village

Khajri is a mid sized village in Pathariya tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 558, made up of 275 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pathariya
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 257.53 hectares
Population 558
Male Population 275
Female Population 283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khajri compares

By the 2011 count Khajri is the 114th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 257.53 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Khajri

Khajri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khajri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khajri from other places

Khajri lies about 29 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Nipania, about 6.8 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 Khajri
Nearest railway station Nipania 6.8 km
Nearest town Bhātāpāra 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Pathariya 24 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 29 km

Villages closest to Khajri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajri village had a population of 558. That makes it the 114th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Khajri village has 275 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajri has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Khajri is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajri covers 257.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khajri falls under Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khajri is Nipania, about 6.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Khajri.

Khajri is about 29 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajri is in Pathariya tehsil of Bilaspur district. Nipania is about 6.8 km away. Bhātāpāra is about 15 km away. Pathariya is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhuma (under 2 km), Nagpura (1.6 km) and Bargaon (2.5 km).

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

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