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About Khalgarh Village

Khalgarh is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 63 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khalgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khalgarh village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 496440
Area (hectares) 170.71 hectares
Population 132
Male Population 63
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,095
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khalgarh compares

By the 2011 count Khalgarh is the 213th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 170.71 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1030.

Getting to Khalgarh

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

Khalgarh lies about 77 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 77 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 Khalgarh
Tehsil headquarters Nagri 18 km
Nearest town Kānker 61 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 77 km
Nearest railway station Sarsonpuri 77 km

Villages closest to Khalgarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khalgarh village had a population of 132. That makes it the 213th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Khalgarh village has 63 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khalgarh has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Khalgarh is 496440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khalgarh covers 170.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khalgarh falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khalgarh is Sarsonpuri, about 77 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 <5 km distance for Khalgarh.

Khalgarh is about 77 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khalgarh is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 18 km away. Kānker is about 61 km away. Dhamtari is about 77 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Arsikanhar (2.1 km), Aamamuda (2.4 km) and Mechka (2.7 km).

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

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