About Kharra Village

Kharra is a small village in Tamnar tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 163 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kharra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kharra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Tamnar
Pincode	496111
Area (hectares)	156.54 hectares
Population	338
Male Population	163
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kharra compares

By the 2011 count Kharra is the 93rd largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 848 residents. Its 156.54 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Kharra

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

Kharra 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 Kharra
Tehsil headquarters	Tamnar	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kotarlia	34 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	35 km

Villages closest to Kharra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kharra village had a population of 338. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 848 residents.

Kharra village has 163 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kharra has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Kharra is 496111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kharra covers 156.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kharra falls under Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kharra 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 10+ km distance for Kharra.

Kharra 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.

Kharra is in Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district. Tamnar is about 14 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.