About Thelka Village

Thelka is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,349, made up of 659 males and 690 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 501.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491993, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Thelka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Thelka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Thanakhamria
Pincode	491993
Area (hectares)	501.43 hectares
Population	1,349
Male Population	659
Female Population	690
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Thelka compares

By the 2011 count Thelka is the 16th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 501.43 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Thelka

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

Thelka lies about 32 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 31 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 Thelka
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Thanakhamria	32 km
District headquarters	Durg	32 km

Villages closest to Thelka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Thelka village had a population of 1,349. That makes it the 16th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Thelka village has 659 males and 690 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Thelka has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1014.

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

Thelka covers 501.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Thelka falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Thelka is Rasmara, about 31 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 Thelka.

Thelka is about 32 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Thelka is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Ahīwāra is about 22 km away. Rasmara is about 31 km away. Thanakhamria is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.