About Kalkatta Village

Kalkatta is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 840, made up of 415 males and 425 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1020.88 hectares hectares.

Kalkatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalkatta village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Kirnapur
Area (hectares)	1020.88 hectares
Population	840
Male Population	415
Female Population	425
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,024
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kalkatta compares

By the 2011 count Kalkatta is the 80th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 1020.88 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Kalkatta

Kalkatta is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kalkatta as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Kalkatta from other places

Kalkatta lies about 32 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Khara, about 26 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 Kalkatta
Tehsil headquarters	Kirnapur	13 km
Nearest railway station	Khara	26 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	32 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	32 km

Villages closest to Kalkatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalkatta village had a population of 840. That makes it the 80th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Kalkatta village has 415 males and 425 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalkatta has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1024.

Kalkatta covers 1020.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalkatta falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kalkatta is Khara, about 26 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kalkatta.

Kalkatta is about 32 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalkatta is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 13 km away. Khara is about 26 km away. Balaghat is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.