About Bhanpuri Village

Bhanpuri is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,777, made up of 859 males and 918 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 909.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhanpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhanpuri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494224
Area (hectares)	909.92 hectares
Population	1,777
Male Population	859
Female Population	918
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhanpuri compares

By the 2011 count Bhanpuri is the 8th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 909.92 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Bhanpuri

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

Bhanpuri lies about 71 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 62 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 Bhanpuri
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	11 km
Nearest town	Kondagaon	20 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	62 km
District headquarters	Bastar	71 km

Villages closest to Bhanpuri

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 Bhanpuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhanpuri village had a population of 1,777. That makes it the 8th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Bhanpuri village has 859 males and 918 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhanpuri has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Bhanpuri is 494224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhanpuri covers 909.92 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.

Bhanpuri falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhanpuri is Antagarh, about 62 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 Bhanpuri.

Bhanpuri is about 71 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhanpuri is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 11 km away. Kondagaon is about 20 km away. Antagarh is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.