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About Khair Khunt Village

Khair Khunt is a mid sized village in Tilda tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,514, made up of 773 males and 741 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 959 females per 1000 males. The village covers 681.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khair Khunt Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khair Khunt village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Tilda
Pincode 493221
Area (hectares) 681.31 hectares
Population 1,514
Male Population 773
Female Population 741
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 959
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khair Khunt compares

By the 2011 count Khair Khunt is the 45th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,467 residents. Its 681.31 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Khair Khunt

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

Khair Khunt lies about 29 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Silyari, 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 Khair Khunt
Nearest railway station Silyari 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Tilda 17 km
Nearest town Tilda Newra 18 km
District headquarters Raipur 29 km

Villages closest to Khair Khunt

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tilda 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 Khair Khunt

As per the Census of India 2011, Khair Khunt village had a population of 1,514. That makes it the 45th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,467 residents.

Khair Khunt village has 773 males and 741 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khair Khunt has about 959 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 997.

The pincode recorded for Khair Khunt is 493221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khair Khunt covers 681.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khair Khunt falls under Tilda tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khair Khunt is Silyari, 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 - 10 km distance for Khair Khunt.

Khair Khunt is about 29 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khair Khunt is in Tilda tehsil of Raipur district. Silyari is about 14 km away. Tilda is about 17 km away. Tilda Newra is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Saguni (under 2 km), Balaudi Khurd (1.8 km) and Sungera (4.0 km).

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

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