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About Kalmi Village

Kalmi is a mid sized village in Raigarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 787, made up of 392 males and 395 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 341.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, 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 Raigarh
Pincode 496001
Area (hectares) 341.99 hectares
Population 787
Male Population 392
Female Population 395
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Kalmi compares

By the 2011 count Kalmi is the 72nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 341.99 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 Kalmi

Kalmi 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 Kalmi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 Raigarh 4.1 km

Villages closest to Kalmi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Raigarh 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 787. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Kalmi village has 392 males and 395 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalmi has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Kalmi is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalmi covers 341.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalmi falls under Raigarh 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 <5 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 Raigarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Kirodimal Nagar is about 3.5 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 Barmuda (under 2 km), Gorka (1.7 km) and Kosampali (1.9 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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