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About Dhondra Village

Dhondra is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 968, made up of 459 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1024.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhondra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhondra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 494347
Area (hectares) 1024.43 hectares
Population 968
Male Population 459
Female Population 509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,109
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhondra compares

By the 2011 count Dhondra is the 35th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 1024.43 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Dhondra

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

Dhondra lies about 78 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 68 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 Dhondra
Tehsil headquarters Bade Rajpur 13 km
Nearest town Kondagaon 34 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 68 km
District headquarters Bastar 78 km

Villages closest to Dhondra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bade Rajpur 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 Dhondra

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhondra village had a population of 968. That makes it the 35th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Dhondra village has 459 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhondra has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Dhondra is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhondra covers 1024.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhondra falls under Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhondra is Antagarh, about 68 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Dhondra.

Dhondra is about 78 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhondra is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 13 km away. Kondagaon is about 34 km away. Antagarh is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kuldadihi (2.4 km), Badbattar (4.4 km) and Jodekera (4.7 km).

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

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