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About Talnar Village

Talnar is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,882, made up of 960 males and 922 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Talnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Talnar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 495449
Area (hectares) 498.54 hectares
Population 1,882
Male Population 960
Female Population 922
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Talnar compares

By the 2011 count Talnar is the 25th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 498.54 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Talnar

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

Talnar lies about 29 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 11 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 Talnar
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 11 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 29 km
District headquarters Bastar 29 km

Villages closest to Talnar

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 Talnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Talnar village had a population of 1,882. That makes it the 25th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Talnar village has 960 males and 922 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Talnar has about 960 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Talnar is 495449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Talnar covers 498.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Talnar falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Talnar is Nakti Semara, about 11 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 Talnar.

Talnar is about 29 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Talnar is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 11 km away. Jagdalpur is about 13 km away. Bakavand is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Korpal (8.4 km), Kanapal (10 km) and Neganar (15 km).

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

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