About Kalma Village

Kalma is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,180, made up of 590 males and 590 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 421.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495692, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Dabhra
Pincode	495692
Area (hectares)	421.8 hectares
Population	1,180
Male Population	590
Female Population	590
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalma compares

By the 2011 count Kalma is the 46th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 421.8 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Kalma

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

Kalma lies about 78 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 24 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 Kalma
Tehsil headquarters	Dabhra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	24 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	78 km

Villages closest to Kalma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalma village had a population of 1,180. That makes it the 46th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Kalma village has 590 males and 590 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalma has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Kalma is 495692. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalma covers 421.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalma falls under Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalma is Raigarh, about 24 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 Kalma.

Kalma is about 78 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalma is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 22 km away. Raigarh is about 24 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.