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About Kohchur Village

Kohchur is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 173, made up of 85 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kohchur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kohchur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Antagarh
Pincode 495689
Area (hectares) 439.22 hectares
Population 173
Male Population 85
Female Population 88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,035
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kohchur compares

By the 2011 count Kohchur is the 142nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 439.22 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Kohchur

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

Kohchur lies about 21 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Kohchur
Tehsil headquarters Antagarh 15 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 21 km
Nearest town Kānker 28 km

Villages closest to Kohchur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kohchur village had a population of 173. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Kohchur village has 85 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kohchur has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Kohchur is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kohchur covers 439.22 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.

Kohchur falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Kohchur 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 km distance for Kohchur.

Kohchur is about 21 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kohchur is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Antagarh is about 15 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 21 km away. Kānker 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 Suklapal (2.0 km), Kotkud (2.2 km) and Kotkursai (2.2 km).

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

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