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About Kolanga Village

Kolanga is a small village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 201, made up of 94 males and 107 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kolanga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kolanga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 431 hectares
Population 201
Male Population 94
Female Population 107
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,138
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Kolanga compares

By the 2011 count Kolanga is the 97th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 431 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 Kolanga

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

Kolanga lies about 87 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 42 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 Kolanga
Nearest town Nārāinpur 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 24 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 42 km
District headquarters Bastar 87 km

Villages closest to Kolanga

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 Kolanga

As per the Census of India 2011, Kolanga village had a population of 201. That makes it the 97th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Kolanga village has 94 males and 107 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kolanga has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

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

Kolanga covers 431 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kolanga falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Kolanga is Antagarh, about 42 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 Kolanga.

Kolanga is about 87 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kolanga is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 21 km away. Farasgaon is about 24 km away. Antagarh is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Misari (under 2 km), Bhongapal (2.6 km) and Jhankari (3.2 km).

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

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