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About Durkhal Village

Durkhal is a small village in Thuamul Rampur tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 102 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766026, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durkhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durkhal village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kalahandi
Tehsil Thuamul Rampur
Pincode 766026
Area (hectares) 138 hectares
Population 214
Male Population 102
Female Population 112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
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 Durkhal compares

By the 2011 count Durkhal is the 96th largest of the 210 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 266 residents. Its 138 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Durkhal

Durkhal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Durkhal 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. The nearest villages by name are Dingiribandha, Duarsunicheptaghat, Dudukaguda and Dumerpadar. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Durkhal

As per the Census of India 2011, Durkhal village had a population of 214. That makes it the 96th largest of the 210 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 266 residents.

Durkhal village has 102 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durkhal has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Durkhal is 766026. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durkhal covers 138 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Durkhal falls under Thuamul Rampur tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The census record for Durkhal notes the nearest railway station 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 Durkhal.

Durkhal is in Thuamul Rampur tehsil of Kalahandi district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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