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About Kotarichhaper Village

Kotarichhaper is a small village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 175 males and 190 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 243.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kotarichhaper Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kotarichhaper village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 243.74 hectares
Population 365
Male Population 175
Female Population 190
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kotarichhaper compares

By the 2011 count Kotarichhaper is the 177th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 243.74 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Kotarichhaper

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

Kotarichhaper lies about 20 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 12 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 Kotarichhaper
Nearest railway station Musra 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Khairagarh 19 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 19 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 20 km

Villages closest to Kotarichhaper

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 Kotarichhaper

As per the Census of India 2011, Kotarichhaper village had a population of 365. That makes it the 177th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Kotarichhaper village has 175 males and 190 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kotarichhaper has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Kotarichhaper covers 243.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kotarichhaper falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kotarichhaper is Musra, about 12 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 Kotarichhaper.

Kotarichhaper is about 20 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kotarichhaper is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Musra is about 12 km away. Khairagarh is about 19 km away. Khairāgarh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Madanpur (1.6 km), Shikari Tola (2.4 km) and Sirsahi (3.5 km).

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

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