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About Khamtarai Village

Khamtarai is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 764, made up of 373 males and 391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khamtarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khamtarai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491881
Area (hectares) 171.75 hectares
Population 764
Male Population 373
Female Population 391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khamtarai compares

By the 2011 count Khamtarai is the 92nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 171.75 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Khamtarai

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

Khamtarai lies about 39 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 34 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 Khamtarai
Tehsil headquarters Khairagarh 2.6 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 2.6 km
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 34 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 39 km

Villages closest to Khamtarai

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.

Common questions about Khamtarai

As per the Census of India 2011, Khamtarai village had a population of 764. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Khamtarai village has 373 males and 391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khamtarai has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Khamtarai covers 171.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khamtarai falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khamtarai is Jatkanhar, about 34 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 Khamtarai.

Khamtarai is about 39 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khamtarai is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 2.6 km away. Khairāgarh is about 2.6 km away. Jatkanhar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khajri (2.3 km), Kanchri (2.5 km) and Hirawahi (2.8 km).

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

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