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About Kholandi Village

Kholandi is a small village in Sadar tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 400, made up of 196 males and 204 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766002, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kholandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kholandi village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Sadar
Pincode 766002
Area (hectares) 180 hectares
Population 400
Male Population 196
Female Population 204
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kholandi compares

By the 2011 count Kholandi is the 124th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 501 residents. Its 180 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Kholandi

Kholandi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Kholandi as Available within 5 - 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 Kholandi from other places

Kholandi lies about 13 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Nayagarh Town, about 11 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 Kholandi
Nearest railway station Nayagarh Town 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Sadar 13 km
District headquarters Kalahandi 13 km
Nearest town Khordha 52 km

Villages closest to Kholandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kholandi village had a population of 400. That makes it the 124th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 501 residents.

Kholandi village has 196 males and 204 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kholandi has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Kholandi is 766002. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kholandi covers 180 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kholandi falls under Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Kholandi is Nayagarh Town, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kholandi.

Kholandi is about 13 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kholandi is in Sadar tehsil of Kalahandi district. Nayagarh Town is about 11 km away. Sadar is about 13 km away. Kalahandi is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gajakhola (under 2 km), Narengkhola (under 2 km) and Upargajakhola (under 2 km).

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

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