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About Khola Village

Khola is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 824, made up of 394 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 378.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khola village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Patan
Pincode 491223
Area (hectares) 378.1 hectares
Population 824
Male Population 394
Female Population 430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khola compares

By the 2011 count Khola is the 110th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 378.1 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Khola

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

Khola lies about 33 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Khola
Nearest railway station Gundardehi 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Patan 17 km
Nearest town Dhamtari 28 km
District headquarters Durg 33 km

Villages closest to Khola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khola village had a population of 824. That makes it the 110th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Khola village has 394 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khola has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Khola is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khola covers 378.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khola falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khola is Gundardehi, about 12 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 Khola.

Khola is about 33 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khola is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 12 km away. Patan is about 17 km away. Dhamtari is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borway (1.7 km), Basin (2.3 km) and Dhamna (2.6 km).

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

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