About Bijhkot Village

Bijhkot is a mid sized village in Kartala tehsil, in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 529, made up of 262 males and 267 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 699.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijhkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijhkot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Korba
Tehsil	Kartala
Pincode	491001
Area (hectares)	699.02 hectares
Population	529
Male Population	262
Female Population	267
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bijhkot compares

By the 2011 count Bijhkot is the 100th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents. Its 699.02 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 1006.

Getting to Bijhkot

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

Bijhkot lies about 34 km from Korba, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 19 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 Bijhkot
Tehsil headquarters	Kartala	13 km
Nearest town	Saktī	17 km
Nearest railway station	Sakti	19 km
District headquarters	Korba	34 km

Villages closest to Bijhkot

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

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Common questions about Bijhkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijhkot village had a population of 529. That makes it the 100th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents.

Bijhkot village has 262 males and 267 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijhkot has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Bijhkot is 491001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bijhkot covers 699.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bijhkot falls under Kartala tehsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bijhkot is Sakti, about 19 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 Bijhkot.

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

Bijhkot is in Kartala tehsil of Korba district. Kartala is about 13 km away. Saktī is about 17 km away. Sakti is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.