About Turekela Village

Turekela is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,621, made up of 818 males and 803 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turekela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turekela village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	496661
Area (hectares)	434.26 hectares
Population	1,621
Male Population	818
Female Population	803
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Turekela compares

By the 2011 count Turekela is the 16th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 434.26 hectares work out to about 3.7 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 Turekela

Turekela is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Turekela 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turekela from other places

Turekela lies about 27 km from Kharsia, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 7.0 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 Turekela
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsia	27 km

Villages closest to Turekela

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 Turekela

As per the Census of India 2011, Turekela village had a population of 1,621. That makes it the 16th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Turekela village has 818 males and 803 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turekela has about 982 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 Turekela is 496661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turekela covers 434.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turekela falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Turekela is Raigarh, about 7.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Turekela is about 27 km from Kharsia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Turekela is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about 7.0 km away. Kharsia is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.