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About Khapri Village

Khapri is a small village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 210 males and 214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 242.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, 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 Bemetara
Pincode 491337
Area (hectares) 242.37 hectares
Population 424
Male Population 210
Female Population 214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khapri compares

By the 2011 count Khapri is the 147th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 242.37 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Khapri

Khapri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. 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 10+ 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 79 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 29 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
Tehsil headquarters Bemetara 16 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 16 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 29 km
District headquarters Durg 79 km

Villages closest to Khapri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bemetara 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 424. That makes it the 147th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Khapri village has 210 males and 214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapri has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Khapri is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapri covers 242.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khapri falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khapri is Hathbandh, about 29 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 village for Khapri.

Khapri is about 79 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 Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Bemetara is about 16 km away. Bemetāra is about 16 km away. Hathbandh is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baradera (under 2 km), Singhanpuri (under 2 km) and Khamhi (2.8 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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