About Kalgamar Village

Kalgamar is a mid sized village in Kartala tehsil, in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 682, made up of 333 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 890.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495674, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalgamar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalgamar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Korba
Tehsil	Kartala
Pincode	495674
Area (hectares)	890.57 hectares
Population	682
Male Population	333
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,048
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalgamar compares

By the 2011 count Kalgamar is the 85th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents. Its 890.57 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, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Kalgamar

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

Kalgamar lies about 17 km from Korba, and the nearest railway station is Urga, about 14 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 Kalgamar
Tehsil headquarters	Kartala	10 km
Nearest railway station	Urga	14 km
District headquarters	Korba	17 km

Villages closest to Kalgamar

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 Kalgamar

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalgamar village had a population of 682. That makes it the 85th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,216 residents.

Kalgamar village has 333 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalgamar has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Kalgamar is 495674. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalgamar covers 890.57 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.

Kalgamar falls under Kartala tehsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalgamar is Urga, about 14 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 Kalgamar.

Kalgamar is about 17 km from Korba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalgamar is in Kartala tehsil of Korba district. Kartala is about 10 km away. Urga is about 14 km away. Korba is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.