About Chitrakot Village

Chitrakot is a large village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,587, made up of 1,791 males and 1,796 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2287.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitrakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitrakot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	494010
Area (hectares)	2287.99 hectares
Population	3,587
Male Population	1,791
Female Population	1,796
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitrakot compares

By the 2011 count Chitrakot is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 2287.99 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1054.

Getting to Chitrakot

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

Chitrakot lies about 23 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dilmili, about 23 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 Chitrakot
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	6.7 km
District headquarters	Bastar	23 km
Nearest railway station	Dilmili	23 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	35 km

Villages closest to Chitrakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitrakot village had a population of 3,587. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Chitrakot village has 1,791 males and 1,796 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitrakot has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

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

Chitrakot covers 2287.99 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.

Chitrakot falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chitrakot is Dilmili, about 23 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 Chitrakot.

Chitrakot is about 23 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitrakot is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Lohandiguda is about 6.7 km away. Bastar is about 23 km away. Dilmili is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.