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About Khapri Village

Khapri is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 689, made up of 337 males and 352 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,045 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, 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 Gunderdehi
Pincode 491888
Area (hectares) 343.66 hectares
Population 689
Male Population 337
Female Population 352
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,045
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khapri compares

By the 2011 count Khapri is the 115th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 343.66 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

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 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 29 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 6.4 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 Gunderdehi 5.0 km
Nearest railway station Gundardehi 6.4 km
Nearest town Balod 23 km
District headquarters Durg 29 km

Villages closest to Khapri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gunderdehi 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 689. That makes it the 115th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Khapri village has 337 males and 352 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapri has about 1045 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Khapri is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapri covers 343.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khapri falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khapri is Gundardehi, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Khapri.

Khapri is about 29 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 Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gunderdehi is about 5.0 km away. Gundardehi is about 6.4 km away. Balod is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hira Khapri (under 2 km), Khapri Bakhariya (under 2 km) and Rehchi (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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