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About Khapri Kalan Village

Khapri Kalan is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 914, made up of 460 males and 454 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 987 females per 1000 males. The village covers 560.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khapri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapri Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargaon
Pincode 491441
Area (hectares) 560.27 hectares
Population 914
Male Population 460
Female Population 454
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 987
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Khapri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Khapri Kalan is the 60th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 560.27 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Khapri Kalan

Khapri Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Khapri Kalan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khapri Kalan from other places

Khapri Kalan lies about 7.7 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 6.2 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 Khapri Kalan
Nearest railway station Bakal 6.2 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 7.7 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargaon 25 km

Villages closest to Khapri Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapri Kalan village had a population of 914. That makes it the 60th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Khapri Kalan village has 460 males and 454 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapri Kalan has about 987 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Khapri Kalan is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapri Kalan covers 560.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khapri Kalan falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khapri Kalan is Bakal, about 6.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Khapri Kalan.

Khapri Kalan is about 7.7 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapri Kalan is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 6.2 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 7.7 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 7.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhaurabhatha (6.7 km), Tilaikhar (6.8 km) and Hardi (7.6 km).

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

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