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About Tekaharra Village

Tekaharra is a small village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 294, made up of 138 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tekaharra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tekaharra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 494661
Area (hectares) 320.61 hectares
Population 294
Male Population 138
Female Population 156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tekaharra compares

By the 2011 count Tekaharra is the 188th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 320.61 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Tekaharra

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

Tekaharra lies about 56 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 40 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 Tekaharra
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 19 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 40 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 43 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 56 km

Villages closest to Tekaharra

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 Tekaharra

As per the Census of India 2011, Tekaharra village had a population of 294. That makes it the 188th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Tekaharra village has 138 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tekaharra has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Tekaharra is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tekaharra covers 320.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tekaharra falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tekaharra is Paniajob, about 40 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 Tekaharra.

Tekaharra is about 56 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tekaharra is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 19 km away. Paniajob is about 40 km away. Dongargarh is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghothiya (1.9 km), Tipangarh (2.5 km) and Kesho Khairi (3.3 km).

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

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