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About Kehka Village

Kehka is a mid sized village in Saja tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,204, made up of 591 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 573.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kehka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kehka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Saja
Pincode 491993
Area (hectares) 573.42 hectares
Population 1,204
Male Population 591
Female Population 613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kehka compares

By the 2011 count Kehka is the 24th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 944 residents. Its 573.42 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Kehka

Kehka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kehka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Kehka from other places

Kehka lies about 56 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 54 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 Kehka
Tehsil headquarters Saja 12 km
Nearest town Bemetāra 35 km
Nearest railway station Rasmara 54 km
District headquarters Durg 56 km

Villages closest to Kehka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kehka village had a population of 1,204. That makes it the 24th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 944 residents.

Kehka village has 591 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kehka has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Kehka is 491993. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kehka covers 573.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kehka falls under Saja tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kehka is Rasmara, about 54 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 5 - 10 km distance for Kehka.

Kehka is about 56 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kehka is in Saja tehsil of Durg district. Saja is about 12 km away. Bemetāra is about 35 km away. Rasmara is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chorbhatti (under 2 km), Beeranpur (under 2 km) and Korwai (2.6 km).

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

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