About Kharka Village

Kharka is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 165 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,055 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	159.9 hectares
Population	339
Male Population	165
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,055
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharka compares

By the 2011 count Kharka is the 161st largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 159.9 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Kharka

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

Kharka lies about 56 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 52 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 Kharka
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	19 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsonpuri	52 km
Nearest town	Nawāpāra	56 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	56 km

Villages closest to Kharka

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.

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Common questions about Kharka

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharka village had a population of 339. That makes it the 161st largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Kharka village has 165 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharka has about 1055 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Kharka is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharka covers 159.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharka falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kharka is Sarsonpuri, about 52 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 10+ km distance for Kharka.

Kharka is about 56 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharka is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 19 km away. Sarsonpuri is about 52 km away. Nawāpāra is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.