About Tilai Village

Tilai is a large village in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,836, made up of 2,437 males and 2,399 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 981.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tilai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tilai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Akaltara
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	981.36 hectares
Population	4,836
Male Population	2,437
Female Population	2,399
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tilai compares

By the 2011 count Tilai is the 5th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 981.36 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Tilai

Tilai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Tilai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tilai from other places

Tilai lies about 8.1 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kapan, about 4.6 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 Tilai
Nearest railway station	Kapan	4.6 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	8.1 km
Nearest town	Nailā	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akaltara	8.5 km

Villages closest to Tilai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Tilai village had a population of 4,836. That makes it the 5th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Tilai village has 2,437 males and 2,399 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tilai has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Tilai is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tilai covers 981.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tilai falls under Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tilai is Kapan, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Tilai is about 8.1 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tilai is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Kapan is about 4.6 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 8.1 km away. Nailā is about 8.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.