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About Khadaka Village

Khadaka is a small village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 304, made up of 164 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 854 females per 1000 males. The village covers 822.62 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khadaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khadaka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 491338
Area (hectares) 822.62 hectares
Population 304
Male Population 164
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 854
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khadaka compares

By the 2011 count Khadaka is the 92nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 822.62 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1044.

Getting to Khadaka

Khadaka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khadaka as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Khadaka from other places

Khadaka lies about 8.4 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 8.6 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 Khadaka
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 8.4 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 14 km
Nearest town Kānker 35 km

Villages closest to Khadaka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khadaka village had a population of 304. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Khadaka village has 164 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khadaka has about 854 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Khadaka is 491338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khadaka covers 822.62 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.

Khadaka falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khadaka is Keoti, about 8.6 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 10+ km distance for Khadaka.

Khadaka is about 8.4 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.

Khadaka is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 8.4 km away. Keoti is about 8.6 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hafarra (1.7 km), Jalhur (2.0 km) and Shahkatta (3.9 km).

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

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