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About Magardarha Kalan Village

Magardarha Kalan is a small village in Kasdol tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 115 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,409 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Magardarha Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magardarha Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Kasdol
Pincode 492112
Area (hectares) 149.1 hectares
Population 277
Male Population 115
Female Population 162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,409
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Magardarha Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Magardarha Kalan is the 158th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 929 residents. Its 149.1 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1024.

Getting to Magardarha Kalan

Magardarha Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Magardarha Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Magardarha Kalan from other places

Magardarha Kalan lies about 111 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, about 53 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 Magardarha Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Kasdol 33 km
Nearest town Saraipali 36 km
Nearest railway station Bagbahra 53 km
District headquarters Raipur 111 km

Villages closest to Magardarha Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kasdol 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 Magardarha Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Magardarha Kalan village had a population of 277. That makes it the 158th largest of the 196 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 929 residents.

Magardarha Kalan village has 115 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magardarha Kalan has about 1409 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1024.

The pincode recorded for Magardarha Kalan is 492112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Magardarha Kalan covers 149.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Magardarha Kalan falls under Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Magardarha Kalan is Bagbahra, about 53 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 km distance for Magardarha Kalan.

Magardarha Kalan is about 111 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Magardarha Kalan is in Kasdol tehsil of Raipur district. Kasdol is about 33 km away. Saraipali is about 36 km away. Bagbahra is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Magardarhakhurd (under 2 km), Chhata (under 2 km) and Chhatwan (under 2 km).

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

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