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About Honehed Village

Honehed is a small village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 243, made up of 121 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 698.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Honehed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Honehed village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Keskal
Pincode 494331
Area (hectares) 698.28 hectares
Population 243
Male Population 121
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Honehed compares

By the 2011 count Honehed is the 78th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 698.28 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Honehed

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

Honehed lies about 111 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 37 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 Honehed
Tehsil headquarters Keskal 10 km
Nearest town Kānker 18 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 37 km
District headquarters Bastar 111 km

Villages closest to Honehed

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.

Common questions about Honehed

As per the Census of India 2011, Honehed village had a population of 243. That makes it the 78th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Honehed village has 121 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Honehed has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Honehed is 494331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Honehed covers 698.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Honehed falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Honehed is Antagarh, about 37 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 10+ km distance for Honehed.

Honehed is about 111 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Honehed is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 10 km away. Kānker is about 18 km away. Antagarh is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kupagondi (under 2 km), Sendurmeta (2.4 km) and Ghodajhar (3.1 km).

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

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