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About Khertha Village

Khertha is a mid sized village in Dondi Luhara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,574, made up of 783 males and 791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khertha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khertha village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Dondi Luhara
Pincode 491771
Area (hectares) 324.04 hectares
Population 1,574
Male Population 783
Female Population 791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khertha compares

By the 2011 count Khertha is the 28th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 324.04 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Khertha

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

Khertha lies about 16 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai Power House, about 7.5 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 Khertha
Nearest town Jāmul 2.4 km
Nearest railway station Bhilai Power House 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Dondi Luhara 16 km
District headquarters Durg 16 km

Villages closest to Khertha

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 Khertha

As per the Census of India 2011, Khertha village had a population of 1,574. That makes it the 28th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Khertha village has 783 males and 791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khertha has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Khertha is 491771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khertha covers 324.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khertha is Bhilai Power House, about 7.5 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 village for Khertha.

Khertha is about 16 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khertha is in Dondi Luhara tehsil of Durg district. Jāmul is about 2.4 km away. Bhilai Power House is about 7.5 km away. Dondi Luhara is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Andi (9.1 km), Aliwara (9.7 km) and Sundar Nagar (9.9 km).

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

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