About Khar Village

Khar is a mid sized village in Lailunga tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 611, made up of 291 males and 320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Lailunga
Pincode	496113
Area (hectares)	295.51 hectares
Population	611
Male Population	291
Female Population	320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khar compares

By the 2011 count Khar is the 77th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,024 residents. Its 295.51 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Khar

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

Khar lies about 35 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kotarlia, about 34 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 Khar
Tehsil headquarters	Lailunga	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kotarlia	34 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	35 km

Villages closest to Khar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khar village had a population of 611. That makes it the 77th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,024 residents.

Khar village has 291 males and 320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khar has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Khar is 496113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khar covers 295.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khar falls under Lailunga tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khar is Kotarlia, about 34 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 Khar.

Khar is about 35 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khar is in Lailunga tehsil of Raigarh district. Lailunga is about 24 km away. Kotarlia is about 34 km away. Raigarh is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.