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About Harethi Kalan Village

Harethi Kalan is a mid sized village in Jaijaipur tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,908, made up of 960 males and 948 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 479.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harethi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harethi Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Jaijaipur
Pincode 495661
Area (hectares) 479.95 hectares
Population 1,908
Male Population 960
Female Population 948
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 988
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Harethi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Harethi Kalan is the 31st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents. Its 479.95 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Harethi Kalan

Harethi Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harethi Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Harethi Kalan from other places

Harethi Kalan lies about 36 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 27 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 Harethi Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Jaijaipur 7.3 km
Nearest railway station Baradwar 27 km
Nearest town Saktī 30 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 36 km

Villages closest to Harethi Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Harethi Kalan village had a population of 1,908. That makes it the 31st largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,555 residents.

Harethi Kalan village has 960 males and 948 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harethi Kalan has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Harethi Kalan is 495661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harethi Kalan covers 479.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harethi Kalan falls under Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Harethi Kalan is Baradwar, about 27 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 - 10 km distance for Harethi Kalan.

Harethi Kalan is about 36 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harethi Kalan is in Jaijaipur tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jaijaipur is about 7.3 km away. Baradwar is about 27 km away. Saktī 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 Harethi Khurd (under 2 km), Ghoradipa (1.8 km) and Tumidih (2.3 km).

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

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