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About Rai Kalan Village

Rai Kalan is a mid sized village in Lundra tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 603, made up of 280 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,154 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rai Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rai Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Lundra
Pincode 497101
Area (hectares) 247.43 hectares
Population 603
Male Population 280
Female Population 323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,154
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rai Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Rai Kalan is the 88th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,080 residents. Its 247.43 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

Getting to Rai Kalan

Rai Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rai Kalan 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. The nearest villages by name are Patora, Patradih, Purkela and Raghunathpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Rai Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Rai Kalan village had a population of 603. That makes it the 88th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,080 residents.

Rai Kalan village has 280 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rai Kalan has about 1154 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 986.

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

Rai Kalan covers 247.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rai Kalan falls under Lundra tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Rai Kalan notes the nearest railway station 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 Rai Kalan.

Rai Kalan is in Lundra tehsil of Surguja district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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