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About Munjal Kalan Village

Munjal Kalan is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 551, made up of 275 males and 276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,004 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Munjal Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Munjal Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491668
Area (hectares) 239.25 hectares
Population 551
Male Population 275
Female Population 276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,004
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Munjal Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Munjal Kalan is the 154th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 239.25 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Munjal Kalan

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

Munjal Kalan lies about 36 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 31 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 Munjal Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 16 km
Nearest railway station Musra 31 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 32 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 36 km

Villages closest to Munjal 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 Munjal Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Munjal Kalan village had a population of 551. That makes it the 154th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Munjal Kalan village has 275 males and 276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Munjal Kalan has about 1004 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Munjal Kalan is 491668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Munjal Kalan covers 239.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Munjal Kalan is Musra, about 31 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 Munjal Kalan.

Munjal Kalan is about 36 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Munjal Kalan is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 16 km away. Musra is about 31 km away. Dongargarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Munjal Pathari (under 2 km), Choraha Banjari (1.6 km) and Sagar (2.0 km).

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

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