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About Khoura Village

Khoura is a small village in Manora tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 230, made up of 122 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khoura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khoura village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Jashpur
Tehsil Manora
Pincode 496330
Area (hectares) 191.72 hectares
Population 230
Male Population 122
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khoura compares

By the 2011 count Khoura is the 86th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 191.72 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Khoura

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

Khoura lies about 24 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 81 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 Khoura
Tehsil headquarters Manora 9.1 km
District headquarters Jashpur 24 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 24 km
Nearest railway station Lohardaga 81 km

Villages closest to Khoura

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 Khoura

As per the Census of India 2011, Khoura village had a population of 230. That makes it the 86th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Khoura village has 122 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khoura has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Khoura is 496330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khoura covers 191.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khoura falls under Manora tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khoura is Lohardaga, about 81 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 Khoura.

Khoura is about 24 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khoura is in Manora tehsil of Jashpur district. Manora is about 9.1 km away. Jashpur is about 24 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ordih (3.1 km), Sardih (3.3 km) and Saraidih (3.3 km).

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

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