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About Kuhi Kalan Village

Kuhi Kalan is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 876, made up of 433 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 449.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuhi Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuhi Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 496450
Area (hectares) 449.12 hectares
Population 876
Male Population 433
Female Population 443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kuhi Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Kuhi Kalan is the 79th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 449.12 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Kuhi Kalan

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

Kuhi Kalan lies about 51 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, 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 Kuhi Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 16 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 37 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 40 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 51 km

Villages closest to Kuhi Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuhi Kalan village had a population of 876. That makes it the 79th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Kuhi Kalan village has 433 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuhi Kalan has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Kuhi Kalan is 496450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kuhi Kalan covers 449.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kuhi Kalan falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kuhi Kalan is Paniajob, 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 village for Kuhi Kalan.

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

Kuhi Kalan is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 16 km away. Paniajob is about 37 km away. Dongargarh is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kesho Khairi (1.6 km), Ramtarai (1.7 km) and Kuhi Khurd (2.0 km).

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

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