About Kochwahi Village

Kochwahi is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,033, made up of 506 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 227.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kochwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kochwahi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gurur
Pincode	491226
Area (hectares)	227.94 hectares
Population	1,033
Male Population	506
Female Population	527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kochwahi compares

By the 2011 count Kochwahi is the 60th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 227.94 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Kochwahi

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

Kochwahi lies about 73 km from Durg. 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 Kochwahi
Tehsil headquarters	Gurur	16 km
Nearest town	Dhamtari	26 km
District headquarters	Durg	73 km

Villages closest to Kochwahi

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.

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Common questions about Kochwahi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kochwahi village had a population of 1,033. That makes it the 60th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Kochwahi village has 506 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kochwahi has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

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

Kochwahi covers 227.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kochwahi falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Kochwahi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kochwahi.

Kochwahi is about 73 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kochwahi is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 16 km away. Dhamtari is about 26 km away. Durg is about 73 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.