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About Kiritmal Village

Kiritmal is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,038, made up of 509 males and 529 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kiritmal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kiritmal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Kharsia
Pincode 496661
Area (hectares) 253.53 hectares
Population 1,038
Male Population 509
Female Population 529
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kiritmal compares

By the 2011 count Kiritmal is the 49th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 253.53 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Kiritmal

Kiritmal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kiritmal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kiritmal from other places

Kiritmal lies about 15 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Bhupdeopur, about 2.6 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 Kiritmal
Nearest railway station Bhupdeopur 2.6 km
District headquarters Raigarh 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharsia 16 km

Villages closest to Kiritmal

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.

Common questions about Kiritmal

As per the Census of India 2011, Kiritmal village had a population of 1,038. That makes it the 49th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Kiritmal village has 509 males and 529 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kiritmal has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

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

Kiritmal covers 253.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kiritmal falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kiritmal is Bhupdeopur, about 2.6 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 10+ km distance for Kiritmal.

Kiritmal is about 15 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kiritmal is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Bhupdeopur is about 2.6 km away. Raigarh is about 15 km away. Kharsia is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpur (under 2 km), Darri (under 2 km) and Parsapali (2.3 km).

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

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