About Bahanpur Village

Bahanpur is a mid sized village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 680, made up of 294 males and 386 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,313 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1088.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bahanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bahanpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bastanar
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	1088.44 hectares
Population	680
Male Population	294
Female Population	386
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,313
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bahanpur compares

By the 2011 count Bahanpur is the 20th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 1088.44 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1096.

Getting to Bahanpur

Bahanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bahanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Bahanpur from other places

Bahanpur lies about 54 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dabpal, about 6.4 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 Bahanpur
Nearest railway station	Dabpal	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bastanar	10 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	40 km
District headquarters	Bastar	54 km

Villages closest to Bahanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bahanpur village had a population of 680. That makes it the 20th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Bahanpur village has 294 males and 386 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bahanpur has about 1313 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Bahanpur is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bahanpur covers 1088.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bahanpur falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bahanpur is Dabpal, about 6.4 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 - 10 km distance for Bahanpur.

Bahanpur is about 54 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bahanpur is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Dabpal is about 6.4 km away. Bastanar is about 10 km away. Bacheli is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.