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About Keharpur Village

Keharpur is a small village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 170, made up of 82 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,073 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Keharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Keharpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Basna
Pincode 493554
Area (hectares) 128 hectares
Population 170
Male Population 82
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,073
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Keharpur compares

By the 2011 count Keharpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1016.

Getting to Keharpur

Keharpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Keharpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Keharpur from other places

Keharpur lies about 74 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 44 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 Keharpur
Tehsil headquarters Basna 9.0 km
Nearest town Saraipali 24 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 44 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 74 km

Villages closest to Keharpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Keharpur village had a population of 170. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Keharpur village has 82 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Keharpur has about 1073 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Keharpur is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Keharpur covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Keharpur falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Keharpur is Komakhan railway station, about 44 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 km distance for Keharpur.

Keharpur is about 74 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Keharpur is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 9.0 km away. Saraipali is about 24 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kurchundi (under 2 km), Kurchundi Tukada Naya (under 2 km) and Mednipur (under 2 km).

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

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