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About Khapri Village

Khapri is a mid sized village in Balod tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 992, made up of 487 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khapri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Balod
Pincode 491226
Area (hectares) 322.48 hectares
Population 992
Male Population 487
Female Population 505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khapri compares

By the 2011 count Khapri is the 49th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 322.48 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Khapri

Khapri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khapri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khapri from other places

Khapri lies about 49 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Balod, about 5.8 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 Khapri
Nearest railway station Balod 5.8 km
District headquarters Durg 49 km

Villages closest to Khapri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapri village had a population of 992. That makes it the 49th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Khapri village has 487 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapri has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1033.

The pincode recorded for Khapri is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapri covers 322.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khapri falls under Balod tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khapri is Balod, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Khapri.

Khapri is about 49 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapri is in Balod tehsil of Durg district. Balod is about 5.8 km away. Durg is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaura Bhatha (1.8 km), Khursipar (2.2 km) and Taroud (2.4 km).

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

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