About Rajpur Village

Rajpur is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,656, made up of 868 males and 788 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 639.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Takhatpur
Pincode	497331
Area (hectares)	639.58 hectares
Population	1,656
Male Population	868
Female Population	788
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur is the 50th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 639.58 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Rajpur

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

Rajpur lies about 23 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 11 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 Rajpur
Nearest railway station	Kalmitar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Takhatpur	12 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	23 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	23 km

Villages closest to Rajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur village had a population of 1,656. That makes it the 50th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Rajpur village has 868 males and 788 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Rajpur is 497331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajpur covers 639.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rajpur falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rajpur is Kalmitar, about 11 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 Rajpur.

Rajpur is about 23 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajpur is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Kalmitar is about 11 km away. Takhatpur is about 12 km away. Bilaspur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.