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About Khemda Village

Khemda is a large village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,217, made up of 1,090 males and 1,127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 537.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khemda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khemda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Basna
Pincode 493228
Area (hectares) 537.26 hectares
Population 2,217
Male Population 1,090
Female Population 1,127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khemda compares

By the 2011 count Khemda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 537.26 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Khemda

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

Khemda lies about 77 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 50 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 Khemda
Tehsil headquarters Basna 1.7 km
Nearest town Saraipali 20 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 50 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 77 km

Villages closest to Khemda

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 Khemda

As per the Census of India 2011, Khemda village had a population of 2,217. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Khemda village has 1,090 males and 1,127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khemda has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Khemda is 493228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khemda covers 537.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khemda falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khemda is Komakhan railway station, about 50 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 Khemda.

Khemda is about 77 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khemda is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 1.7 km away. Saraipali is about 20 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khatkhati (under 2 km), Arekel (2.2 km) and Tarekela Urf Bawalighutkuri (2.2 km).

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

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