About Kochwahi Village

Kochwahi is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 845, made up of 426 males and 419 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 904 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kochwahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kochwahi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Narharpur
Pincode	494221
Area (hectares)	904 hectares
Population	845
Male Population	426
Female Population	419
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kochwahi compares

By the 2011 count Kochwahi is the 56th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 904 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Kochwahi

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

Kochwahi lies about 44 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 33 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 Kochwahi
Tehsil headquarters	Narharpur	2.7 km
Nearest town	Kānker	22 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	33 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	44 km

Villages closest to Kochwahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kochwahi village had a population of 845. That makes it the 56th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Kochwahi village has 426 males and 419 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kochwahi has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Kochwahi is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kochwahi covers 904 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.

Kochwahi falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kochwahi is Dhamtari, about 33 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 village for Kochwahi.

Kochwahi is about 44 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.

Kochwahi is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 2.7 km away. Kānker is about 22 km away. Dhamtari is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.