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About Fupgaon Village

Fupgaon is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,454, made up of 692 males and 762 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 704.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Fupgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Fupgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494229
Area (hectares) 704.33 hectares
Population 1,454
Male Population 692
Female Population 762
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,101
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Fupgaon compares

By the 2011 count Fupgaon is the 14th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 704.33 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Fupgaon

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

Fupgaon lies about 77 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 57 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 Fupgaon
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 7.2 km
Nearest town Kondagaon 26 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 57 km
District headquarters Bastar 77 km

Villages closest to Fupgaon

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.

Common questions about Fupgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Fupgaon village had a population of 1,454. That makes it the 14th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Fupgaon village has 692 males and 762 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Fupgaon has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Fupgaon is 494229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Fupgaon covers 704.33 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Fupgaon falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Fupgaon is Antagarh, about 57 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 Fupgaon.

Fupgaon is about 77 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Fupgaon is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 7.2 km away. Kondagaon is about 26 km away. Antagarh is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhumka (1.8 km), Hirri (1.9 km) and Singarpuri (3.2 km).

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

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