About Almer Village

Almer is a small village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 413, made up of 194 males and 219 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Almer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Almer village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	370.39 hectares
Population	413
Male Population	194
Female Population	219
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,129
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Almer compares

By the 2011 count Almer is the 78th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 370.39 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1039.

Getting to Almer

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

Almer lies about 88 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 41 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 Almer
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	29 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	41 km
District headquarters	Bastar	88 km

Villages closest to Almer

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Almer village had a population of 413. That makes it the 78th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Almer village has 194 males and 219 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Almer has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Almer is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Almer covers 370.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Almer falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Almer is Antagarh, about 41 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 Almer.

Almer is about 88 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Almer is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 16 km away. Farasgaon is about 29 km away. Antagarh is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.