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About Idari Kalan Village

Idari Kalan is a mid sized village in Samri tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,587, made up of 836 males and 751 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1715.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Idari Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Idari Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Samri
Pincode 497107
Area (hectares) 1715.75 hectares
Population 1,587
Male Population 836
Female Population 751
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Idari Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Idari Kalan is the 20th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 978 residents. Its 1715.75 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Idari Kalan

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

Idari Kalan lies about 84 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 42 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 Idari Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Samri 17 km
Nearest railway station Barwadih Junction 42 km
Nearest town Medininagar 58 km
District headquarters Surguja 84 km

Villages closest to Idari Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Idari Kalan village had a population of 1,587. That makes it the 20th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 978 residents.

Idari Kalan village has 836 males and 751 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Idari Kalan has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Idari Kalan is 497107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Idari Kalan covers 1715.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Idari Kalan falls under Samri tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Idari Kalan is Barwadih Junction, about 42 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 Idari Kalan.

Idari Kalan is about 84 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Idari Kalan is in Samri tehsil of Surguja district. Samri is about 17 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 42 km away. Medininagar is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chando (2.4 km), Kurdih (2.6 km) and Bhojpur (4.6 km).

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

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