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About Pitechuwa Village

Pitechuwa is a mid sized village in Bade Rajpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,006, made up of 497 males and 509 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,024 females per 1000 males. The village covers 412.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pitechuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pitechuwa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bade Rajpur
Pincode 494347
Area (hectares) 412.2 hectares
Population 1,006
Male Population 497
Female Population 509
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,024
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pitechuwa compares

By the 2011 count Pitechuwa is the 34th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents. Its 412.2 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Pitechuwa

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

Pitechuwa lies about 100 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 Pitechuwa
Tehsil headquarters Bade Rajpur 11 km
Nearest town Kānker 37 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 68 km
District headquarters Bastar 100 km

Villages closest to Pitechuwa

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 Pitechuwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Pitechuwa village had a population of 1,006. That makes it the 34th largest of the 54 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,404 residents.

Pitechuwa village has 497 males and 509 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pitechuwa has about 1024 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1031.

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

Pitechuwa covers 412.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Pitechuwa 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 Pitechuwa.

Pitechuwa is about 100 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pitechuwa is in Bade Rajpur tehsil of Bastar district. Bade Rajpur is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 37 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 Pendrawand (1.7 km), Sargipal (2.3 km) and Kurrubhat (2.4 km).

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

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