About Kedar Village

Kedar is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,237, made up of 613 males and 624 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kedar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kedar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	496445
Area (hectares)	229.34 hectares
Population	1,237
Male Population	613
Female Population	624
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kedar compares

By the 2011 count Kedar is the 44th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 229.34 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Kedar

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

Kedar lies about 56 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about 48 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 Kedar
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangarh	10 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	28 km
Nearest railway station	Jharadih	48 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	56 km

Villages closest to Kedar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kedar village had a population of 1,237. That makes it the 44th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Kedar village has 613 males and 624 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kedar has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Kedar is 496445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kedar covers 229.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kedar falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kedar is Jharadih, about 48 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 Kedar.

Kedar is about 56 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kedar is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 10 km away. Saraipali is about 28 km away. Jharadih is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.