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About Kharsota Village

Kharsota is a mid sized village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,448, made up of 700 males and 748 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 938.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharsota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharsota village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Manora
Pincode 496331
Area (hectares) 938.29 hectares
Population 1,448
Male Population 700
Female Population 748
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharsota compares

By the 2011 count Kharsota is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 938.29 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Kharsota

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

Kharsota lies about 10 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 79 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 Kharsota
Tehsil headquarters Manora 7.4 km
District headquarters Jashpur 10 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 10 km
Nearest railway station Lohardaga 79 km

Villages closest to Kharsota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharsota village had a population of 1,448. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Kharsota village has 700 males and 748 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharsota has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kharsota is 496331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharsota covers 938.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kharsota falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kharsota is Lohardaga, about 79 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 Kharsota.

Kharsota is about 10 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharsota is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Manora is about 7.4 km away. Jashpur is about 10 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dadgaon (2.1 km), Jaimarga (2.8 km) and Marga (2.8 km).

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

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