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About Kalmi Village

Kalmi is a small village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 456, made up of 234 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalmi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalmi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Pusour
Pincode 491221
Area (hectares) 121.46 hectares
Population 456
Male Population 234
Female Population 222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalmi compares

By the 2011 count Kalmi is the 106th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 121.46 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Kalmi

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

Kalmi lies about 4.1 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 3.5 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 Kalmi
Nearest railway station Kirodimal Nagar 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusour 4.1 km
District headquarters Raigarh 4.1 km

Villages closest to Kalmi

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 Kalmi

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalmi village had a population of 456. That makes it the 106th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Kalmi village has 234 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalmi has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kalmi is 491221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalmi covers 121.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalmi falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalmi is Kirodimal Nagar, about 3.5 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 Kalmi.

Kalmi is about 4.1 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalmi is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Kirodimal Nagar is about 3.5 km away. Pusour is about 4.1 km away. Raigarh is about 4.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amapali (5.1 km), Sahadeopali (5.9 km) and Chhatamura (6.0 km).

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

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