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About Pirmeta Village

Pirmeta is a small village in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 229 males and 266 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,162 females per 1000 males. The village covers 252.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pirmeta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pirmeta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bastanar
Pincode 494442
Area (hectares) 252.66 hectares
Population 495
Male Population 229
Female Population 266
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,162
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pirmeta compares

By the 2011 count Pirmeta is the 24th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 252.66 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 Pirmeta

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

Pirmeta lies about 42 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, 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 Pirmeta
Tehsil headquarters Bastanar 5.7 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 11 km
District headquarters Bastar 42 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 47 km

Villages closest to Pirmeta

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.

Common questions about Pirmeta

As per the Census of India 2011, Pirmeta village had a population of 495. That makes it the 24th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Pirmeta village has 229 males and 266 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pirmeta has about 1162 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1096.

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

Pirmeta covers 252.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pirmeta falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pirmeta is Silak Jhori, 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 Pirmeta.

Pirmeta is about 42 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pirmeta is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Bastanar is about 5.7 km away. Silak Jhori is about 11 km away. Bastar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borja (3.2 km), Sargiguda (3.3 km) and Jamgaon (3.9 km).

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

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