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About Khokhra Village

Khokhra is one of the larger villages in Janjgir tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,506, made up of 3,903 males and 3,603 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1496.023 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Janjgir
Pincode 495668
Area (hectares) 1496.023 hectares
Population 7,506
Male Population 3,903
Female Population 3,603
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khokhra compares

By the 2011 count Khokhra is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents. Its 1496.023 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Khokhra

Khokhra is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khokhra as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khokhra from other places

Khokhra lies about under 2 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Janjgir Naila, about 5.7 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 Khokhra
District headquarters Janjgir Champa under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Janjgir 4.5 km
Nearest town Jānjgīr 4.5 km
Nearest railway station Janjgir Naila 5.7 km

Villages closest to Khokhra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhra village had a population of 7,506. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,276 residents.

Khokhra village has 3,903 males and 3,603 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhra has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Khokhra is 495668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhra covers 1496.023 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokhra falls under Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khokhra is Janjgir Naila, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Khokhra.

Khokhra is about under 2 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhra is in Janjgir tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Janjgir Champa is about under 2 km away. Janjgir is about 4.5 km away. Jānjgīr is about 4.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Putpura (2.8 km), Pendri (3.5 km) and Munund (3.7 km).

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

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