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About Khola Village

Khola is a large village in Abhanpur tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,122, made up of 1,042 males and 1,080 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khola village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Abhanpur
Pincode 493661
Area (hectares) 485.36 hectares
Population 2,122
Male Population 1,042
Female Population 1,080
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Khola compares

By the 2011 count Khola is the 36th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 485.36 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Khola

Khola is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khola 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khola from other places

Khola lies about 28 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Manikchowree, about 4.2 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 Khola
Nearest railway station Manikchowree 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Abhanpur 6.3 km
Nearest town Nawāpāra 9.7 km
District headquarters Raipur 28 km

Villages closest to Khola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khola village had a population of 2,122. That makes it the 36th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Khola village has 1,042 males and 1,080 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khola has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Khola is 493661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khola covers 485.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khola falls under Abhanpur tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khola is Manikchowree, about 4.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khola.

Khola is about 28 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khola is in Abhanpur tehsil of Raipur district. Manikchowree is about 4.2 km away. Abhanpur is about 6.3 km away. Nawāpāra is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jawai Bandha (under 2 km), Jamgaon (2.0 km) and Thelka Bhandha (2.4 km).

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

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