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About Khapurikachhara Village

Khapurikachhara is a small village in Hemgir tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 136 males and 136 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 188 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 770013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Khapurikachhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Khapurikachhara village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Sundargarh
Tehsil Hemgir
Pincode 770013
Area (hectares) 188 hectares
Population 272
Male Population 136
Female Population 136
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Khapurikachhara compares

By the 2011 count Khapurikachhara is the 67th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 573 residents. Its 188 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 973.

Getting to Khapurikachhara

Khapurikachhara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Khapurikachhara 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 Khapurikachhara from other places

Khapurikachhara lies about 29 km from Sundargarh, and the nearest railway station is Kechobahal, about 5.1 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 Khapurikachhara
Nearest railway station Kechobahal 5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Hemgir 13 km
Nearest town Belpahar 13 km
District headquarters Sundargarh 29 km

Villages closest to Khapurikachhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Khapurikachhara village had a population of 272. That makes it the 67th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 573 residents.

Khapurikachhara village has 136 males and 136 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Khapurikachhara has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Khapurikachhara is 770013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Khapurikachhara covers 188 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.

Khapurikachhara falls under Hemgir tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Khapurikachhara is Kechobahal, about 5.1 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 Khapurikachhara.

Khapurikachhara is about 29 km from Sundargarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Khapurikachhara is in Hemgir tehsil of Sundargarh district. Kechobahal is about 5.1 km away. Hemgir is about 13 km away. Belpahar 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 Karlikachhar (under 2 km), Majhapada (under 2 km) and Khuntijharia (2.1 km).

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

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