About Mokhpal Village

Mokhpal is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,917, made up of 884 males and 1,033 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,169 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2135.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mokhpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mokhpal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	2135.91 hectares
Population	1,917
Male Population	884
Female Population	1,033
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,169
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mokhpal compares

By the 2011 count Mokhpal is the 7th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 2135.91 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Mokhpal

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

Mokhpal lies about 8.4 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 23 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 Mokhpal
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katekalyan	21 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	23 km

Villages closest to Mokhpal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mokhpal village had a population of 1,917. That makes it the 7th largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Mokhpal village has 884 males and 1,033 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mokhpal has about 1169 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Mokhpal is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mokhpal covers 2135.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mokhpal falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mokhpal is Kirandul, about 23 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 Mokhpal.

Mokhpal is about 8.4 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mokhpal is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 8.4 km away. Katekalyan is about 21 km away. Bacheli is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.