About Turakhar Village

Turakhar is a small village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 338, made up of 163 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Turakhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Turakhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	142.96 hectares
Population	338
Male Population	163
Female Population	175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,074
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Turakhar compares

By the 2011 count Turakhar is the 80th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 142.96 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Turakhar

Turakhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Turakhar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Turakhar from other places

Turakhar lies about 28 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 44 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 Turakhar
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	4.9 km
Nearest town	Kānker	4.9 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	28 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	44 km

Villages closest to Turakhar

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

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Common questions about Turakhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Turakhar village had a population of 338. That makes it the 80th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Turakhar village has 163 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Turakhar has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Turakhar is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Turakhar covers 142.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Turakhar falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Turakhar is Keoti, about 44 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Turakhar.

Turakhar is about 28 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.

Turakhar is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 4.9 km away. Kānker is about 4.9 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.