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About Kharpani Village

Kharpani is a mid sized village in Kansabel tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 992, made up of 486 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharpani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharpani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Kansabel
Pincode 496661
Area (hectares) 572.42 hectares
Population 992
Male Population 486
Female Population 506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharpani compares

By the 2011 count Kharpani is the 29th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,250 residents. Its 572.42 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Kharpani

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

Kharpani lies about 34 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Garposh, about 64 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 Kharpani
Tehsil headquarters Kansabel 32 km
District headquarters Jashpur 34 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 34 km
Nearest railway station Garposh 64 km

Villages closest to Kharpani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharpani village had a population of 992. That makes it the 29th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,250 residents.

Kharpani village has 486 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharpani has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Kharpani is 496661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharpani covers 572.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kharpani falls under Kansabel tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kharpani is Garposh, about 64 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 Kharpani.

Kharpani is about 34 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharpani is in Kansabel tehsil of Jashpur district. Kansabel is about 32 km away. Jashpur is about 34 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pakar Toli (6.1 km), Patrapali (6.5 km) and Kusumtal (7.1 km).

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

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