About Binjkot Village

Binjkot is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,176, made up of 594 males and 582 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 536.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Binjkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Binjkot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	496661
Area (hectares)	536.07 hectares
Population	1,176
Male Population	594
Female Population	582
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Binjkot compares

By the 2011 count Binjkot is the 34th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 536.07 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Binjkot

Binjkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Binjkot 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Binjkot from other places

Binjkot lies about 54 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 19 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 Binjkot
Nearest town	Saktī	17 km
Nearest railway station	Sakti	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsia	26 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	54 km

Villages closest to Binjkot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Binjkot village had a population of 1,176. That makes it the 34th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Binjkot village has 594 males and 582 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Binjkot has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Binjkot is 496661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Binjkot covers 536.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Binjkot falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Binjkot is Sakti, about 19 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Binjkot.

Binjkot is about 54 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Binjkot is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Saktī is about 17 km away. Sakti is about 19 km away. Kharsia is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.