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About Tilkhairi Village

Tilkhairi is a small village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 417, made up of 227 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 837 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tilkhairi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilkhairi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491222
Area (hectares) 208.17 hectares
Population 417
Male Population 227
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 837
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tilkhairi compares

By the 2011 count Tilkhairi is the 97th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 208.17 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Tilkhairi

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

Tilkhairi lies about 43 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sikosa, about 14 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 Tilkhairi
Nearest railway station Sikosa 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Gurur 17 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 19 km
District headquarters Durg 43 km

Villages closest to Tilkhairi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilkhairi village had a population of 417. That makes it the 97th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Tilkhairi village has 227 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilkhairi has about 837 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Tilkhairi is 491222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tilkhairi covers 208.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tilkhairi falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tilkhairi is Sikosa, about 14 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 Tilkhairi.

Tilkhairi is about 43 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tilkhairi is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Sikosa is about 14 km away. Gurur is about 17 km away. Dhamtari is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Armari Kalan (under 2 km), Mohara (2.6 km) and Kosagondi (3.0 km).

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

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