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About Ehara Village

Ehara is a small village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 145 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 994.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ehara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ehara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 994.86 hectares
Population 272
Male Population 145
Female Population 127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ehara compares

By the 2011 count Ehara is the 154th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 994.86 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Ehara

Ehara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ehara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Ehara from other places

Ehara lies about 53 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 53 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 Ehara
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 27 km
District headquarters Bastar 53 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 53 km

Villages closest to Ehara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ehara village had a population of 272. That makes it the 154th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Ehara village has 145 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ehara has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Ehara is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ehara covers 994.86 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.

Ehara falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ehara is Silak Jhori, about 53 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ehara.

Ehara is about 53 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ehara is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 27 km away. Bastar is about 53 km away. Silak Jhori is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Timenar (2.3 km), Hadeli (4.6 km) and Padeli (4.6 km).

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

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