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About Modenga Village

Modenga is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 250 males and 270 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 564.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Modenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Modenga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494228
Area (hectares) 564.03 hectares
Population 520
Male Population 250
Female Population 270
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,080
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Modenga compares

By the 2011 count Modenga is the 72nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 564.03 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, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Modenga

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

Modenga lies about 76 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 53 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 Modenga
Nearest town Nārāinpur 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 26 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 53 km
District headquarters Bastar 76 km

Villages closest to Modenga

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 Modenga

As per the Census of India 2011, Modenga village had a population of 520. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Modenga village has 250 males and 270 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Modenga has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Modenga is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Modenga covers 564.03 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.

Modenga falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Modenga is Antagarh, about 53 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 Modenga.

Modenga is about 76 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Modenga is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 21 km away. Farasgaon is about 26 km away. Antagarh is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kehlakot (3.1 km), Futanchandgaon (4.4 km) and Chyanar (4.6 km).

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

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