About Kognara Village

Kognara is a mid sized village in Gharghoda tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 678, made up of 332 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 406.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kognara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kognara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Gharghoda
Pincode	496111
Area (hectares)	406.31 hectares
Population	678
Male Population	332
Female Population	346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kognara compares

By the 2011 count Kognara is the 41st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 406.31 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, much in line with the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Kognara

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

Kognara lies about 39 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Dharamjaigarh Road, about 31 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 Kognara
Tehsil headquarters	Gharghoda	9.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dharamjaigarh Road	31 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	39 km

Villages closest to Kognara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kognara village had a population of 678. That makes it the 41st largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Kognara village has 332 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kognara has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Kognara is 496111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kognara covers 406.31 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.

Kognara falls under Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kognara is Dharamjaigarh Road, about 31 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 Kognara.

Kognara is about 39 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kognara is in Gharghoda tehsil of Raigarh district. Gharghoda is about 9.8 km away. Dharamjaigarh Road is about 31 km away. Raigarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.