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About Khairkatta Village

Khairkatta is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 280, made up of 135 males and 145 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 695.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairkatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairkatta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 695.59 hectares
Population 280
Male Population 135
Female Population 145
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairkatta compares

By the 2011 count Khairkatta is the 102nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 695.59 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1025.

Getting to Khairkatta

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

Khairkatta lies about 89 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 38 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 Khairkatta
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 3.2 km
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 38 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 46 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 89 km

Villages closest to Khairkatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairkatta village had a population of 280. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Khairkatta village has 135 males and 145 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairkatta has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Khairkatta is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairkatta covers 695.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairkatta falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairkatta is Bhanupratappur, about 38 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 village for Khairkatta.

Khairkatta is about 89 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khairkatta is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 3.2 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 38 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maler (2.1 km), Korkoti (2.4 km) and Manpur (3.2 km).

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

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