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About Khairtarai Village

Khairtarai is a mid sized village in Balod tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 999, made up of 504 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairtarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairtarai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Balod
Pincode 491226
Area (hectares) 175.66 hectares
Population 999
Male Population 504
Female Population 495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 982
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khairtarai compares

By the 2011 count Khairtarai is the 48th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 175.66 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

Getting to Khairtarai

Khairtarai 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 Khairtarai 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khairtarai from other places

Khairtarai lies about 50 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Balod, about under 2 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 Khairtarai
Nearest railway station Balod under 2 km
District headquarters Durg 50 km

Villages closest to Khairtarai

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 Khairtarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairtarai village had a population of 999. That makes it the 48th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Khairtarai village has 504 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairtarai has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1033.

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

Khairtarai covers 175.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairtarai falls under Balod tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairtarai is Balod, about under 2 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 <5 km distance for Khairtarai.

Khairtarai is about 50 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairtarai is in Balod tehsil of Durg district. Balod is about under 2 km away. Durg is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parras (under 2 km), Jugera (under 2 km) and Kohanga Tola (2.0 km).

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

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