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About Kelhari Village

Kelhari is a mid sized village in Manendragarh tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,277, made up of 684 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kelhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kelhari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Manendragarh
Pincode 497442
Area (hectares) 395.96 hectares
Population 1,277
Male Population 684
Female Population 593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kelhari compares

By the 2011 count Kelhari is the 16th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 647 residents. Its 395.96 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Kelhari

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

Kelhari lies about 52 km from Koriya. 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 Kelhari
Nearest town Bijuri 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Manendragarh 28 km
District headquarters Koriya 52 km

Villages closest to Kelhari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kelhari village had a population of 1,277. That makes it the 16th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 647 residents.

Kelhari village has 684 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kelhari has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Kelhari is 497442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kelhari covers 395.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kelhari falls under Manendragarh tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Kelhari notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kelhari.

Kelhari is about 52 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kelhari is in Manendragarh tehsil of Koriya district. Bijuri is about 19 km away. Manendragarh is about 28 km away. Koriya is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kothari (8.4 km), Bharatpur (20 km) and Biharpur (20 km).

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

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