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About Hatchapai Village

Hatchapai is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 656, made up of 299 males and 357 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,194 females per 1000 males. The village covers 613.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hatchapai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hatchapai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494230
Area (hectares) 613.29 hectares
Population 656
Male Population 299
Female Population 357
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,194
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hatchapai compares

By the 2011 count Hatchapai is the 54th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 613.29 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 Hatchapai

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

Hatchapai lies about 96 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 34 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 Hatchapai
Nearest town Nārāinpur 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 26 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 34 km
District headquarters Bastar 96 km

Villages closest to Hatchapai

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 Hatchapai

As per the Census of India 2011, Hatchapai village had a population of 656. That makes it the 54th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Hatchapai village has 299 males and 357 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hatchapai has about 1194 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Hatchapai is 494230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hatchapai covers 613.29 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.

Hatchapai falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Hatchapai is Antagarh, about 34 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 Hatchapai.

Hatchapai is about 96 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hatchapai is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 26 km away. Farasgaon is about 26 km away. Antagarh is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Toyapal (1.9 km), Turki (2.5 km) and Kondapakhana (2.9 km).

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

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