About Pharasgaon Village

Pharasgaon is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,148, made up of 592 males and 556 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 461.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pharasgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pharasgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	461.3 hectares
Population	1,148
Male Population	592
Female Population	556
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pharasgaon compares

By the 2011 count Pharasgaon is the 53rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 461.3 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Pharasgaon

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

Pharasgaon lies about 23 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 26 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 Pharasgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	23 km
District headquarters	Bastar	23 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	26 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	26 km

Villages closest to Pharasgaon

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.

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Common questions about Pharasgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Pharasgaon village had a population of 1,148. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Pharasgaon village has 592 males and 556 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pharasgaon has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Pharasgaon is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pharasgaon covers 461.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pharasgaon falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pharasgaon is Amagura, about 26 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 Pharasgaon.

Pharasgaon is about 23 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pharasgaon is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 23 km away. Bastar is about 23 km away. Amagura is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.