About Kalkasa Village

Kalkasa is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 695, made up of 346 males and 349 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, 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	Khairagarh
Pincode	491881
Area (hectares)	322.5 hectares
Population	695
Male Population	346
Female Population	349
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkasa compares

By the 2011 count Kalkasa is the 104th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 322.5 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 1027.

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 10+ 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 Kalkasa from other places

Kalkasa lies about 30 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 24 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
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	7.2 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	7.2 km
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	24 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	30 km

Villages closest to Kalkasa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Khairagarh 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 695. That makes it the 104th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Kalkasa village has 346 males and 349 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkasa has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Kalkasa is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalkasa covers 322.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kalkasa falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kalkasa is Jatkanhar, about 24 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 10+ km distance for Kalkasa.

Kalkasa is about 30 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 Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 7.2 km away. Khairāgarh is about 7.2 km away. Jatkanhar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.