About Khamhar Village

Khamhar is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 941, made up of 474 males and 467 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	496665
Area (hectares)	428.55 hectares
Population	941
Male Population	474
Female Population	467
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamhar compares

By the 2011 count Khamhar is the 54th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 428.55 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 Khamhar

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

Khamhar lies about 46 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Sakti, about 14 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 Khamhar
Nearest town	Saktī	12 km
Nearest railway station	Sakti	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsia	17 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	46 km

Villages closest to Khamhar

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 Khamhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamhar village had a population of 941. That makes it the 54th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Khamhar village has 474 males and 467 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamhar has about 985 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 Khamhar is 496665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khamhar covers 428.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khamhar falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khamhar is Sakti, about 14 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 Khamhar.

Khamhar is about 46 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamhar is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Saktī is about 12 km away. Sakti is about 14 km away. Kharsia is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.