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About Orai Khurd Village

Orai Khurd is a mid sized village in Baloda tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,068, made up of 541 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 245.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Orai Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Orai Khurd village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Baloda
Pincode 495668
Area (hectares) 245.44 hectares
Population 1,068
Male Population 541
Female Population 527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Orai Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Orai Khurd is the 38th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 245.44 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Orai Khurd

Orai Khurd is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Orai Khurd 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Orai Khurd from other places

Orai Khurd lies about 40 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Bilaspur Junction, about 2.8 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 Orai Khurd
Nearest railway station Bilaspur Junction 2.8 km
Nearest town Bilāspur 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Baloda 30 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 40 km

Villages closest to Orai Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baloda 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 Orai Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Orai Khurd village had a population of 1,068. That makes it the 38th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Orai Khurd village has 541 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Orai Khurd has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 986.

The pincode recorded for Orai Khurd is 495668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Orai Khurd covers 245.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Orai Khurd falls under Baloda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Orai Khurd is Bilaspur Junction, about 2.8 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 km distance for Orai Khurd.

Orai Khurd is about 40 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Orai Khurd is in Baloda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Bilaspur Junction is about 2.8 km away. Bilāspur is about 4.8 km away. Baloda is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nawagoan (12 km), Uslapur (17 km) and Dhorla (25 km).

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

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