About Koundkera Village

Koundkera is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,779, made up of 888 males and 891 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 600.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Koundkera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Koundkera village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bade Rajpur
Pincode	496001
Area (hectares)	600.94 hectares
Population	1,779
Male Population	888
Female Population	891
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Koundkera compares

By the 2011 count Koundkera is the 16th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 600.94 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Koundkera

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

Koundkera lies about 98 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 76 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 Koundkera
Tehsil headquarters	Bade Rajpur	15 km
Nearest town	Kānker	45 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	76 km
District headquarters	Bastar	98 km

Villages closest to Koundkera

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.

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Common questions about Koundkera

As per the Census of India 2011, Koundkera village had a population of 1,779. That makes it the 16th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Koundkera village has 888 males and 891 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Koundkera has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1031.

The pincode recorded for Koundkera is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Koundkera covers 600.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Koundkera is Antagarh, about 76 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 Koundkera.

Koundkera is about 98 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Koundkera is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 15 km away. Kānker is about 45 km away. Antagarh is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.