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About Kharkhod Village

Kharkhod is a mid sized village in Pamgarh tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,989, made up of 989 males and 1,000 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 474.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharkhod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharkhod village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Pamgarh
Pincode 495554
Area (hectares) 474.37 hectares
Population 1,989
Male Population 989
Female Population 1,000
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharkhod compares

By the 2011 count Kharkhod is the 34th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 2,176 residents. Its 474.37 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Kharkhod

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

Kharkhod lies about 28 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kotmi Sonar, about 28 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 Kharkhod
Tehsil headquarters Pamgarh 12 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 28 km
Nearest town Akaltara 28 km
Nearest railway station Kotmi Sonar 28 km

Villages closest to Kharkhod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharkhod village had a population of 1,989. That makes it the 34th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,176 residents.

Kharkhod village has 989 males and 1,000 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharkhod has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Kharkhod is 495554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharkhod covers 474.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharkhod falls under Pamgarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kharkhod is Kotmi Sonar, about 28 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 Kharkhod.

Kharkhod is about 28 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharkhod is in Pamgarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Pamgarh is about 12 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 28 km away. Akaltara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairadih (under 2 km), Suklabhatha (1.9 km) and Churtela (1.9 km).

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

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