About Eragaon Village

Eragaon is a mid sized village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,651, made up of 851 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1058 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Eragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Eragaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	493661
Area (hectares)	1058 hectares
Population	1,651
Male Population	851
Female Population	800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Eragaon compares

By the 2011 count Eragaon is the 6th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 1058 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Eragaon

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

Eragaon lies about 110 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 22 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 Eragaon
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	27 km
Nearest town	Kānker	32 km
District headquarters	Bastar	110 km

Villages closest to Eragaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Eragaon village had a population of 1,651. That makes it the 6th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Eragaon village has 851 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Eragaon has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Eragaon is 493661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Eragaon covers 1058 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Eragaon falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Eragaon is Antagarh, about 22 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 Eragaon.

Eragaon is about 110 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Eragaon is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Antagarh is about 22 km away. Keskal is about 27 km away. Kānker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.