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About Rajpur Village

Rajpur is a small village in Chhura tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 374, made up of 176 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,125 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Chhura
Pincode 493449
Area (hectares) 276.51 hectares
Population 374
Male Population 176
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,125
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur is the 107th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 276.51 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Rajpur

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

Rajpur lies about 80 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Khariar Road, about 35 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 Rajpur
Tehsil headquarters Chhura 5.2 km
Nearest railway station Khariar Road 35 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 40 km
District headquarters Raipur 80 km

Villages closest to Rajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur village had a population of 374. That makes it the 107th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Rajpur village has 176 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur has about 1125 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Rajpur is 493449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajpur covers 276.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rajpur falls under Chhura tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rajpur is Khariar Road, about 35 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 Rajpur.

Rajpur is about 80 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajpur is in Chhura tehsil of Raipur district. Chhura is about 5.2 km away. Khariar Road is about 35 km away. Mahāsamund is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katakhusri (under 2 km), Chhatarpur (under 2 km) and Dharampur (1.7 km).

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

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