About Kirkar Village

Kirkar is a mid sized village in Malkharoda tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 894, made up of 452 males and 442 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495695, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kirkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kirkar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Malkharoda
Pincode	495695
Area (hectares)	216.28 hectares
Population	894
Male Population	452
Female Population	442
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kirkar compares

By the 2011 count Kirkar is the 66th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,304 residents. Its 216.28 hectares work out to about 4.1 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 1009.

Getting to Kirkar

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

Kirkar lies about 12 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kapan, about 6.8 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 Kirkar
Nearest town	Akaltara	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kapan	6.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malkharoda	12 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	12 km

Villages closest to Kirkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kirkar village had a population of 894. That makes it the 66th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,304 residents.

Kirkar village has 452 males and 442 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kirkar has about 978 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 1009.

The pincode recorded for Kirkar is 495695. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kirkar covers 216.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kirkar falls under Malkharoda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kirkar is Kapan, about 6.8 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 10+ km distance for Kirkar.

Kirkar is about 12 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kirkar is in Malkharoda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Akaltara is about 6.2 km away. Kapan is about 6.8 km away. Malkharoda is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.