About Kalenda Village

Kalenda is a mid sized village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 968, made up of 484 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 450.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalenda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalenda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	450.96 hectares
Population	968
Male Population	484
Female Population	484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalenda compares

By the 2011 count Kalenda is the 55th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 450.96 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 1018.

Getting to Kalenda

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

Kalenda lies about 94 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 62 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 Kalenda
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	62 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	94 km

Villages closest to Kalenda

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

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Common questions about Kalenda

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalenda village had a population of 968. That makes it the 55th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Kalenda village has 484 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalenda has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Kalenda is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalenda covers 450.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalenda falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalenda is Komakhan railway station, about 62 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 village for Kalenda.

Kalenda is about 94 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalenda is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 7.7 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 62 km away. Mahasamund is about 94 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.