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About Khursul Village

Khursul is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,206, made up of 605 males and 601 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 608.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khursul Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khursul village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gunderdehi
Pincode 491225
Area (hectares) 608.46 hectares
Population 1,206
Male Population 605
Female Population 601
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 993
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khursul compares

By the 2011 count Khursul is the 69th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 608.46 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Khursul

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

Khursul lies about 20 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 13 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 Khursul
Tehsil headquarters Gunderdehi 12 km
Nearest railway station Risama 13 km
District headquarters Durg 20 km

Villages closest to Khursul

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 Khursul

As per the Census of India 2011, Khursul village had a population of 1,206. That makes it the 69th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Khursul village has 605 males and 601 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khursul has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Khursul is 491225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khursul covers 608.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khursul falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khursul is Risama, about 13 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 Khursul.

Khursul is about 20 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khursul is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gunderdehi is about 12 km away. Risama is about 13 km away. Durg is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gabdi (2.7 km), Bhilai (2.8 km) and Chicha (3.1 km).

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

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