About Podi Kalan Village

Podi Kalan is a mid sized village in Champa tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 966, made up of 451 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,142 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495687, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Podi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Podi Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Champa
Pincode	495687
Area (hectares)	239.55 hectares
Population	966
Male Population	451
Female Population	515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,142
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Podi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Podi Kalan is the 53rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,887 residents. Its 239.55 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Podi Kalan

Podi Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Podi Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Podi Kalan from other places

Podi Kalan lies about 21 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Balpur Halt, about 5.5 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 Podi Kalan
Nearest railway station	Balpur Halt	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Champa	12 km
Nearest town	Chāmpa	12 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	21 km

Villages closest to Podi Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Champa 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 Podi Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Podi Kalan village had a population of 966. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,887 residents.

Podi Kalan village has 451 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Podi Kalan has about 1142 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Podi Kalan is 495687. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Podi Kalan covers 239.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Podi Kalan falls under Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Podi Kalan is Balpur Halt, about 5.5 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 10+ km distance for Podi Kalan.

Podi Kalan is about 21 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Podi Kalan is in Champa tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Balpur Halt is about 5.5 km away. Champa is about 12 km away. Chāmpa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.