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About Khapri 1 Village

Khapri 1 is a small village in Arang tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 440, made up of 236 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khapri 1 Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapri 1 village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Arang
Pincode 493225
Area (hectares) 386.3 hectares
Population 440
Male Population 236
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 864
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khapri 1 compares

By the 2011 count Khapri 1 is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 386.3 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Khapri 1

Khapri 1 is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khapri 1 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 Khapri 1 from other places

Khapri 1 lies about 33 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Arang Mahanadi, about 7.9 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 Khapri 1
Nearest railway station Arang Mahanadi 7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Arang 9.1 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 17 km
District headquarters Raipur 33 km

Villages closest to Khapri 1

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arang 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 Khapri 1

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapri 1 village had a population of 440. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Khapri 1 village has 236 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapri 1 has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Khapri 1 is 493225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapri 1 covers 386.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khapri 1 falls under Arang tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khapri 1 is Arang Mahanadi, about 7.9 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 Khapri 1.

Khapri 1 is about 33 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapri 1 is in Arang tehsil of Raipur district. Arang Mahanadi is about 7.9 km away. Arang is about 9.1 km away. Mahāsamund is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khapri 2 (under 2 km), Khapri 3 (under 2 km) and Gidhawa (1.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Khapri 1 today is likely to be higher.

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