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About Khajri Village

Khajri is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,873, made up of 930 males and 943 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 761.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491332, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khajri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khajri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dhamdha
Pincode 491332
Area (hectares) 761.27 hectares
Population 1,873
Male Population 930
Female Population 943
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khajri compares

By the 2011 count Khajri is the 26th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 761.27 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 1004.

Getting to Khajri

Khajri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khajri 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 Khajri from other places

Khajri lies about 34 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kumhari, about 28 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 Khajri
Tehsil headquarters Dhamdha 9.8 km
Nearest town Ahīwāra 13 km
Nearest railway station Kumhari 28 km
District headquarters Durg 34 km

Villages closest to Khajri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khajri village had a population of 1,873. That makes it the 26th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Khajri village has 930 males and 943 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khajri has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Khajri is 491332. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khajri covers 761.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khajri falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khajri is Kumhari, about 28 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 Khajri.

Khajri is about 34 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khajri is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Dhamdha is about 9.8 km away. Ahīwāra is about 13 km away. Kumhari is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandai (1.7 km), Dargaon (2.5 km) and Biroda (2.7 km).

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

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