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About Puspal Village

Puspal is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,957, made up of 961 males and 996 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 607.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Puspal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Puspal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494010
Area (hectares) 607.8 hectares
Population 1,957
Male Population 961
Female Population 996
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Puspal compares

By the 2011 count Puspal is the 16th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 607.8 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Puspal

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

Puspal lies about 29 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 8.9 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 Puspal
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 12 km
District headquarters Bastar 29 km

Villages closest to Puspal

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.

Common questions about Puspal

As per the Census of India 2011, Puspal village had a population of 1,957. That makes it the 16th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Puspal village has 961 males and 996 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Puspal has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Puspal is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Puspal covers 607.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Puspal falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Puspal is Nakti Semara, about 8.9 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 village for Puspal.

Puspal is about 29 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Puspal is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 8.9 km away. Jagdalpur is about 12 km away. Bastar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jojal (under 2 km), Dhaniyaloor (1.8 km) and Hatpadmur (2.1 km).

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

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