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About Khairghat Village

Khairghat is a mid sized village in Simga tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,160, made up of 575 males and 585 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 413.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairghat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairghat village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Simga
Pincode 493101
Area (hectares) 413.16 hectares
Population 1,160
Male Population 575
Female Population 585
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairghat compares

By the 2011 count Khairghat is the 67th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 413.16 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Khairghat

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

Khairghat lies about 51 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 14 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 Khairghat
Tehsil headquarters Simga 6.8 km
Nearest railway station Hathbandh 14 km
Nearest town Tilda Newra 16 km
District headquarters Raipur 51 km

Villages closest to Khairghat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairghat village had a population of 1,160. That makes it the 67th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents.

Khairghat village has 575 males and 585 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairghat has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Khairghat is 493101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairghat covers 413.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khairghat falls under Simga tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairghat is Hathbandh, about 14 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 Khairghat.

Khairghat is about 51 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairghat is in Simga tehsil of Raipur district. Simga is about 6.8 km away. Hathbandh is about 14 km away. Tilda Newra is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madhar (1.7 km), Mandhar Kalan (1.7 km) and Bansankra (1.8 km).

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

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