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About Khapri Village

Khapri is a mid sized village in Dondi Luhara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,166, made up of 576 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.5 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 Dondi Luhara
Pincode 491226
Area (hectares) 277.5 hectares
Population 1,166
Male Population 576
Female Population 590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khapri compares

By the 2011 count Khapri is the 56th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 277.5 hectares work out to about 4.2 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 1032.

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 <5 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 Khapri from other places

Khapri lies about 6.2 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Durg Junction, about 4.5 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 Durg Junction 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dondi Luhara 6.2 km
District headquarters Durg 6.2 km

Villages closest to Khapri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dondi Luhara 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 1,166. That makes it the 56th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Khapri village has 576 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapri has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1032.

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

Khapri covers 277.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khapri falls under Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khapri is Durg Junction, about 4.5 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 <5 km distance for Khapri.

Khapri is about 6.2 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 Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district. Durg Junction is about 4.5 km away. Dondi Luhara is about 6.2 km away. Durg is about 6.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganesh Khapri (under 2 km), Khamtarai (under 2 km) and Chikhli (1.7 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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