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About Kocharra Village

Kocharra is a small village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 242, made up of 121 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kocharra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kocharra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Pithora
Pincode 493449
Area (hectares) 120.68 hectares
Population 242
Male Population 121
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kocharra compares

By the 2011 count Kocharra is the 208th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 120.68 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Kocharra

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

Kocharra lies about 49 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 10 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 Kocharra
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Pithora 29 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 49 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 49 km

Villages closest to Kocharra

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 Kocharra

As per the Census of India 2011, Kocharra village had a population of 242. That makes it the 208th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Kocharra village has 121 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kocharra has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Kocharra is 493449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kocharra covers 120.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kocharra falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kocharra is Komakhan railway station, about 10 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 Kocharra.

Kocharra is about 49 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kocharra is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Komakhan railway station is about 10 km away. Pithora is about 29 km away. Mahasamund is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhibarra (under 2 km), Bade Temri Bhaisanala Tukda (7.5 km) and Badetemri (7.5 km).

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

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