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About Kharniyabahal Village

Kharniyabahal is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 115 males and 119 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharniyabahal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharniyabahal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Saraipali
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 194.6 hectares
Population 234
Male Population 115
Female Population 119
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharniyabahal compares

By the 2011 count Kharniyabahal is the 201st largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 194.6 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1018.

Getting to Kharniyabahal

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

Kharniyabahal lies about 112 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, 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 Kharniyabahal
Tehsil headquarters Saraipali 15 km
Nearest railway station Barpali 50 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 112 km

Villages closest to Kharniyabahal

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.

Common questions about Kharniyabahal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharniyabahal village had a population of 234. That makes it the 201st largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Kharniyabahal village has 115 males and 119 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharniyabahal has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

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

Kharniyabahal covers 194.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kharniyabahal falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kharniyabahal is Barpali, 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 village for Kharniyabahal.

Kharniyabahal is about 112 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kharniyabahal is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 15 km away. Barpali is about 50 km away. Mahasamund is about 112 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mawalikhar (under 2 km), Tiharipali (under 2 km) and Raksha (2.1 km).

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

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