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About Tamakoni Village

Tamakoni is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 102 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,176 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tamakoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tamakoni village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 496111
Area (hectares) 125.17 hectares
Population 222
Male Population 102
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,176
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Tamakoni compares

By the 2011 count Tamakoni is the 95th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 125.17 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1012.

Getting to Tamakoni

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

Tamakoni lies about 14 km from Bastar. 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 Tamakoni
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 4.0 km
District headquarters Bastar 14 km

Villages closest to Tamakoni

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 Tamakoni

As per the Census of India 2011, Tamakoni village had a population of 222. That makes it the 95th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Tamakoni village has 102 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tamakoni has about 1176 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Tamakoni is 496111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tamakoni covers 125.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Tamakoni falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Tamakoni notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Tamakoni is about 14 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tamakoni is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Jagdalpur is about 4.0 km away. Bastar is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balikonta (2.6 km), Kalipur (2.9 km) and Kondawal (2.9 km).

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

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