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About Khokhara Village

Khokhara is a mid sized village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,346, made up of 671 males and 675 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khokhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khokhara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Pusour
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 386.87 hectares
Population 1,346
Male Population 671
Female Population 675
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,006
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khokhara compares

By the 2011 count Khokhara is the 24th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 386.87 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Khokhara

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

How far is Khokhara from other places

Khokhara lies about 10 km from Pusour, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 9.0 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 Khokhara
Nearest railway station Raigarh 9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusour 10 km

Villages closest to Khokhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khokhara village had a population of 1,346. That makes it the 24th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Khokhara village has 671 males and 675 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khokhara has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Khokhara is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khokhara covers 386.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khokhara falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khokhara is Raigarh, about 9.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Khokhara.

Khokhara is about 10 km from Pusour in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khokhara is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about 9.0 km away. Pusour is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijana (under 2 km), Jogitarai (under 2 km) and Telipali (1.7 km).

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

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