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About Kalepal Village

Kalepal is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 509, made up of 253 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 781.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalepal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalepal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 781.92 hectares
Population 509
Male Population 253
Female Population 256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kalepal compares

By the 2011 count Kalepal is the 29th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 781.92 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Kalepal

Kalepal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalepal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kalepal from other places

Kalepal lies about 15 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 8.3 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 Kalepal
Nearest railway station Kirandul 8.3 km
Nearest town Bacheli 9.8 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 16 km

Villages closest to Kalepal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalepal village had a population of 509. That makes it the 29th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Kalepal village has 253 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalepal has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

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

Kalepal covers 781.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalepal falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalepal is Kirandul, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kalepal.

Kalepal is about 15 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.

Kalepal is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 8.3 km away. Bacheli is about 9.8 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Cholnar (2.0 km), Madadi (2.4 km) and Samalwar (3.3 km).

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

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