About Kochewahi Village

Kochewahi is a large village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,696, made up of 1,323 males and 1,373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 612.15 hectares hectares.

Kochewahi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kochewahi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lanji
Area (hectares)	612.15 hectares
Population	2,696
Male Population	1,323
Female Population	1,373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,038
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kochewahi compares

By the 2011 count Kochewahi is the 11th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 612.15 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Kochewahi

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

Kochewahi lies about 43 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 23 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 Kochewahi
Tehsil headquarters	Lanji	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Amgaon	23 km
Nearest town	Gondiā	32 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	43 km

Villages closest to Kochewahi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kochewahi village had a population of 2,696. That makes it the 11th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Kochewahi village has 1,323 males and 1,373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kochewahi has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

Kochewahi covers 612.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kochewahi falls under Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Kochewahi is Amgaon, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kochewahi.

Kochewahi is about 43 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kochewahi is in Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 7.8 km away. Amgaon is about 23 km away. Gondiā is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.