About Dhanpunji Village

Dhanpunji is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,783, made up of 932 males and 851 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhanpunji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhanpunji village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Jagdalpur
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	476.48 hectares
Population	1,783
Male Population	932
Female Population	851
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dhanpunji compares

By the 2011 count Dhanpunji is the 17th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 476.48 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Dhanpunji

Dhanpunji is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dhanpunji as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dhanpunji from other places

Dhanpunji lies about 33 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Ambagaon, about 3.9 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 Dhanpunji
Nearest railway station	Ambagaon	3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagdalpur	20 km
District headquarters	Bastar	33 km

Villages closest to Dhanpunji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jagdalpur 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 Dhanpunji

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhanpunji village had a population of 1,783. That makes it the 17th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Dhanpunji village has 932 males and 851 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhanpunji has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Dhanpunji is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhanpunji covers 476.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dhanpunji falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhanpunji is Ambagaon, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Dhanpunji.

Dhanpunji is about 33 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dhanpunji is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Ambagaon is about 3.9 km away. Jagdalpur is about 20 km away. Bastar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.