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About Khond Village

Khond is a mid sized village in Akaltara tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,355, made up of 714 males and 641 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khond Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khond village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Akaltara
Pincode 495552
Area (hectares) 326.56 hectares
Population 1,355
Male Population 714
Female Population 641
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khond compares

By the 2011 count Khond is the 44th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents. Its 326.56 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Khond

Khond is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khond as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khond from other places

Khond lies about 15 km from Janjgir Champa. 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 Khond
Tehsil headquarters Akaltara 3.4 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 15 km

Villages closest to Khond

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.

Common questions about Khond

As per the Census of India 2011, Khond village had a population of 1,355. That makes it the 44th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,963 residents.

Khond village has 714 males and 641 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khond has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Khond is 495552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khond covers 326.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The census record for Khond notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Khond.

Khond is about 15 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khond is in Akaltara tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Akaltara is about 3.4 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deori (under 2 km), Mahmadpur (1.7 km) and Bargawan (1.8 km).

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

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