Raipur, Aug 12 - Maoist guerrillas have allegedly killed eight members of a family, including two minor girls, over a property dispute in a Chhattisgarh village, police said Wednesday on the basis of a complaint.

Police were informed about the tragedy by a surviving member of the family - Ramain Vishwakarma - who is said to have walked barefoot several kilometres of hilly forested areas Wednesday evening to reach the Koilibera police station in Kanker district of Bastar region.

The region is dominated by armed leftwing radicals and comes under Abujhmad region, known as headquarters of the banned outfit Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist).

Vishwakarma told police that eight of his family members, most of them women, including two minor girls, were killed by insurgents, who also cremated the bodies near a river.

'The incident took place at Kesikodi village Tuesday afternoon and (is) related to a land dispute between two families.