About Khongha Village

Khongha is a small village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 130 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,169 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491885, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khongha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khongha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	491885
Area (hectares)	139.23 hectares
Population	282
Male Population	130
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,169
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Khongha compares

By the 2011 count Khongha is the 192nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 139.23 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Khongha

Khongha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khongha 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Khongha from other places

Khongha lies about 44 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 37 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 Khongha
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	11 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	11 km
Nearest railway station	Murhipar	37 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	44 km

Villages closest to Khongha

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 Khongha

As per the Census of India 2011, Khongha village had a population of 282. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Khongha village has 130 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khongha has about 1169 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Khongha is 491885. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khongha covers 139.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Khongha falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khongha is Murhipar, about 37 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 - 10 km distance for Khongha.

Khongha is about 44 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khongha is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 11 km away. Khairāgarh is about 11 km away. Murhipar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.