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About Khairkatta Colony Village

Khairkatta Colony is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 86, made up of 45 males and 41 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khairkatta Colony Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khairkatta Colony village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494771
Area (hectares) 60.94 hectares
Population 86
Male Population 45
Female Population 41
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 911
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Khairkatta Colony compares

By the 2011 count Khairkatta Colony is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 60.94 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Khairkatta Colony

Khairkatta Colony is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Khairkatta Colony as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Khairkatta Colony from other places

Khairkatta Colony lies about 63 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 47 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 Khairkatta Colony
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 13 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 47 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 63 km
Nearest town Garhchiroli 66 km

Villages closest to Khairkatta Colony

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pakhanjur 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 Khairkatta Colony

As per the Census of India 2011, Khairkatta Colony village had a population of 86. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Khairkatta Colony village has 45 males and 41 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khairkatta Colony has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Khairkatta Colony is 494771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khairkatta Colony covers 60.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Khairkatta Colony falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Khairkatta Colony is Keoti, about 47 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 - 10 km distance for Khairkatta Colony.

Khairkatta Colony is about 63 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.

Khairkatta Colony is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 13 km away. Keoti is about 47 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bande Colony (under 2 km), Ujala (under 2 km) and Behbeda (1.7 km).

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

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