About Mainpur Village

Mainpur is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 328 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 713 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494347, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mainpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494347
Area (hectares)	713 hectares
Population	672
Male Population	328
Female Population	344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mainpur compares

By the 2011 count Mainpur is the 52nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 713 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Mainpur

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

Mainpur lies about 95 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 68 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 Mainpur
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	26 km
Nearest town	Kānker	39 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	68 km
District headquarters	Bastar	95 km

Villages closest to Mainpur

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 Mainpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Mainpur village had a population of 672. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Mainpur village has 328 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mainpur has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Mainpur is 494347. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mainpur covers 713 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mainpur falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Mainpur is Antagarh, about 68 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 Mainpur.

Mainpur is about 95 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mainpur is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 26 km away. Kānker is about 39 km away. Antagarh is about 68 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.