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About Kunkuri Kalan Village

Kunkuri Kalan is a large village in Batouli tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,083, made up of 1,017 males and 1,066 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kunkuri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kunkuri Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Batouli
Pincode 497101
Area (hectares) 411.26 hectares
Population 2,083
Male Population 1,017
Female Population 1,066
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kunkuri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Kunkuri Kalan is the 8th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 411.26 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Kunkuri Kalan

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

Kunkuri Kalan lies about 28 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, 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 Kunkuri Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Batouli 1.6 km
District headquarters Surguja 28 km
Nearest town Ambikāpur 28 km
Nearest railway station Ambikapur 34 km

Villages closest to Kunkuri Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Batouli 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 Kunkuri Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Kunkuri Kalan village had a population of 2,083. That makes it the 8th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Kunkuri Kalan village has 1,017 males and 1,066 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kunkuri Kalan has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Kunkuri Kalan is 497101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kunkuri Kalan covers 411.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kunkuri Kalan falls under Batouli tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kunkuri Kalan is Ambikapur, 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 village for Kunkuri Kalan.

Kunkuri Kalan is about 28 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kunkuri Kalan is in Batouli tehsil of Surguja district. Batouli is about 1.6 km away. Surguja is about 28 km away. Ambikāpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Batauli (under 2 km), Bilaspur (3.9 km) and Suarpara (5.2 km).

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

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