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About Khargahni Village

Khargahni is a mid sized village in Pamgarh tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,090, made up of 543 males and 547 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 405.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khargahni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khargahni village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Pamgarh
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 405.67 hectares
Population 1,090
Male Population 543
Female Population 547
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khargahni compares

By the 2011 count Khargahni is the 54th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,176 residents. Its 405.67 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 993.

Getting to Khargahni

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

Khargahni lies about 27 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kapan, about 31 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 Khargahni
Tehsil headquarters Pamgarh 15 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 27 km
Nearest town Jānjgīr 31 km
Nearest railway station Kapan 31 km

Villages closest to Khargahni

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 Khargahni

As per the Census of India 2011, Khargahni village had a population of 1,090. That makes it the 54th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,176 residents.

Khargahni village has 543 males and 547 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khargahni has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Khargahni is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khargahni covers 405.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Khargahni is Kapan, about 31 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 km distance for Khargahni.

Khargahni is about 27 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khargahni is in Pamgarh tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Pamgarh is about 15 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 27 km away. Jānjgīr is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dewarghata (2.1 km), Khokhari (3.4 km) and Padariya (3.8 km).

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

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