About Bihari Kalan Village

Bihari Kalan is a mid sized village in Ambagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,679, made up of 831 males and 848 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 246.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bihari Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bihari Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Ambagarh
Pincode	491665
Area (hectares)	246.34 hectares
Population	1,679
Male Population	831
Female Population	848
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bihari Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bihari Kalan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 657 residents. Its 246.34 hectares work out to about 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Bihari Kalan

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

Bihari Kalan lies about 20 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 16 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 Bihari Kalan
Nearest railway station	Bakal	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambagarh	20 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	20 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	20 km

Villages closest to Bihari Kalan

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

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Common questions about Bihari Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bihari Kalan village had a population of 1,679. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 657 residents.

Bihari Kalan village has 831 males and 848 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bihari Kalan has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Bihari Kalan is 491665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bihari Kalan covers 246.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bihari Kalan falls under Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bihari Kalan is Bakal, about 16 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 village for Bihari Kalan.

Bihari Kalan is about 20 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bihari Kalan is in Ambagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 16 km away. Ambagarh is about 20 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.