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About Durkabeda Village

Durkabeda is a small village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 93 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durkabeda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durkabeda village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494122
Area (hectares) 208.63 hectares
Population 198
Male Population 93
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,129
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durkabeda compares

By the 2011 count Durkabeda is the 104th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 208.63 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 1019.

Getting to Durkabeda

Durkabeda is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Durkabeda as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Durkabeda from other places

Durkabeda lies about 30 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 30 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 Durkabeda
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 30 km
District headquarters Bastar 30 km
Nearest railway station Amagura 30 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 33 km

Villages closest to Durkabeda

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 Durkabeda

As per the Census of India 2011, Durkabeda village had a population of 198. That makes it the 104th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Durkabeda village has 93 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durkabeda has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Durkabeda is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durkabeda covers 208.63 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.

Durkabeda falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Durkabeda is Amagura, about 30 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 <5 km distance for Durkabeda.

Durkabeda is about 30 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durkabeda is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 30 km away. Bastar is about 30 km away. Amagura is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Girola (1.8 km), Jaitgiri (2.7 km) and Badlawand (3.0 km).

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

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