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About Dasapal Village

Dasapal is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 827, made up of 407 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dasapal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dasapal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 526.16 hectares
Population 827
Male Population 407
Female Population 420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,032
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dasapal compares

By the 2011 count Dasapal is the 68th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 526.16 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Dasapal

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

Dasapal lies about 16 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 17 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 Dasapal
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 16 km
District headquarters Bastar 16 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 16 km
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 17 km

Villages closest to Dasapal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dasapal village had a population of 827. That makes it the 68th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Dasapal village has 407 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dasapal has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Dasapal is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dasapal covers 526.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dasapal falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dasapal is Nakti Semara, about 17 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 Dasapal.

Dasapal is about 16 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dasapal is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 16 km away. Bastar is about 16 km away. Jagdalpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sargipal (under 2 km), Rajnagar (3.1 km) and Kosmi (3.4 km).

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

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