About Kalkasa Village

Kalkasa is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 605, made up of 300 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalkasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkasa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	159.91 hectares
Population	605
Male Population	300
Female Population	305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,017
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kalkasa compares

By the 2011 count Kalkasa is the 108th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 159.91 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 1017.

Getting to Kalkasa

Kalkasa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kalkasa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalkasa from other places

Kalkasa lies about 28 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, about 4.6 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 Kalkasa
Nearest railway station	Dongargarh	4.6 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	28 km

Villages closest to Kalkasa

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

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Common questions about Kalkasa

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkasa village had a population of 605. That makes it the 108th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Kalkasa village has 300 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkasa has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Kalkasa is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkasa covers 159.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalkasa falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalkasa is Dongargarh, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kalkasa.

Kalkasa is about 28 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkasa is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargarh is about 4.6 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.