About Dhokam Village

Dhokam is a small village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 73 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,123 females per 1000 males. The village covers 251.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhokam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhokam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bastanar
Pincode	494442
Area (hectares)	251.78 hectares
Population	155
Male Population	73
Female Population	82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,123
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhokam compares

By the 2011 count Dhokam is the 39th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 251.78 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Dhokam

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

Dhokam lies about 47 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dabpal, 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 Dhokam
Tehsil headquarters	Bastanar	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Dabpal	11 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	46 km
District headquarters	Bastar	47 km

Villages closest to Dhokam

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 Dhokam

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhokam village had a population of 155. That makes it the 39th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Dhokam village has 73 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhokam has about 1123 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1096.

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

Dhokam covers 251.78 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.

Dhokam falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhokam is Dabpal, 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 10+ km distance for Dhokam.

Dhokam is about 47 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhokam is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Bastanar is about 7.8 km away. Dabpal is about 11 km away. Bacheli is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.