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About Khodhar Village

Khodhar is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,440, made up of 719 males and 721 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 398.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495688, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khodhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khodhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Dabhra
Pincode 495688
Area (hectares) 398.4 hectares
Population 1,440
Male Population 719
Female Population 721
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khodhar compares

By the 2011 count Khodhar is the 34th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 398.4 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 Khodhar

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

Khodhar lies about 51 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about 22 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 Khodhar
Tehsil headquarters Dabhra 5.4 km
Nearest railway station Jharadih 22 km
Nearest town Saktī 26 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 51 km

Villages closest to Khodhar

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 Khodhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khodhar village had a population of 1,440. That makes it the 34th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Khodhar village has 719 males and 721 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khodhar has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Khodhar is 495688. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khodhar covers 398.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khodhar is Jharadih, about 22 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 Khodhar.

Khodhar is about 51 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khodhar is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 5.4 km away. Jharadih is about 22 km away. Saktī is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khaira (under 2 km), Bilaigarh (1.5 km) and Tendumudi (1.7 km).

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

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