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About Kekarabhath Village

Kekarabhath is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,506, made up of 747 males and 759 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495692, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kekarabhath Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kekarabhath village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Dabhra
Pincode 495692
Area (hectares) 392.06 hectares
Population 1,506
Male Population 747
Female Population 759
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kekarabhath compares

By the 2011 count Kekarabhath is the 31st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 392.06 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 Kekarabhath

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

Kekarabhath lies about 58 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 14 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 Kekarabhath
Tehsil headquarters Dabhra 11 km
Nearest railway station Kharsia 14 km
Nearest town Saktī 24 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 58 km

Villages closest to Kekarabhath

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.

Common questions about Kekarabhath

As per the Census of India 2011, Kekarabhath village had a population of 1,506. That makes it the 31st largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Kekarabhath village has 747 males and 759 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kekarabhath has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

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

Kekarabhath covers 392.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Kekarabhath is Kharsia, about 14 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 Kekarabhath.

Kekarabhath is about 58 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kekarabhath is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 11 km away. Kharsia is about 14 km away. Saktī is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandhapali (1.7 km), Dhobnipali (1.8 km) and Dhurkot (2.1 km).

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

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