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About Khongha Village

Khongha is a mid sized village in Chhuikhadan tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 288 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491888, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khongha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khongha village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuikhadan
Pincode 491888
Area (hectares) 257.85 hectares
Population 579
Male Population 288
Female Population 291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khongha compares

By the 2011 count Khongha is the 113th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 257.85 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Khongha

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

Khongha lies about 44 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 37 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 Khongha
Tehsil headquarters Chhuikhadan 5.4 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 11 km
Nearest railway station Murhipar 37 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 44 km

Villages closest to Khongha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khongha village had a population of 579. That makes it the 113th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Khongha village has 288 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khongha has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Khongha is 491888. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khongha covers 257.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khongha falls under Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khongha is Murhipar, about 37 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 Khongha.

Khongha is about 44 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khongha is in Chhuikhadan tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuikhadan is about 5.4 km away. Khairāgarh is about 11 km away. Murhipar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Silpatti (1.7 km), Khapridarbar (1.9 km) and Tirinkhapri (1.9 km).

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

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