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About Khursipahar Village

Khursipahar is a mid sized village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,041, made up of 502 males and 539 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 618.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khursipahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khursipahar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Pithora
Pincode 491226
Area (hectares) 618.13 hectares
Population 1,041
Male Population 502
Female Population 539
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khursipahar compares

By the 2011 count Khursipahar is the 60th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 618.13 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Khursipahar

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

Khursipahar lies about 72 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 45 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 Khursipahar
Nearest town Saraipali 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Pithora 26 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 45 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 72 km

Villages closest to Khursipahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khursipahar village had a population of 1,041. That makes it the 60th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Khursipahar village has 502 males and 539 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khursipahar has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Khursipahar is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khursipahar covers 618.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khursipahar falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khursipahar is Komakhan railway station, about 45 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 Khursipahar.

Khursipahar is about 72 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khursipahar is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 25 km away. Pithora is about 26 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sirko (under 2 km), Salhe Tarai (1.7 km) and Narayanpur (3.2 km).

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

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