About Irikpal Village

Irikpal is a small village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 478, made up of 236 males and 242 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 169.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Irikpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Irikpal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Lohandiguda
Pincode	494010
Area (hectares)	169.98 hectares
Population	478
Male Population	236
Female Population	242
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,025
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Irikpal compares

By the 2011 count Irikpal is the 51st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 169.98 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Irikpal

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

Irikpal lies about 28 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Dilmili, about 14 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 Irikpal
Tehsil headquarters	Lohandiguda	8.6 km
Nearest railway station	Dilmili	14 km
District headquarters	Bastar	28 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	35 km

Villages closest to Irikpal

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 Irikpal

As per the Census of India 2011, Irikpal village had a population of 478. That makes it the 51st largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Irikpal village has 236 males and 242 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Irikpal has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1054.

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

Irikpal covers 169.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Irikpal falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Irikpal is Dilmili, about 14 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 Irikpal.

Irikpal is about 28 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Irikpal is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Lohandiguda is about 8.6 km away. Dilmili is about 14 km away. Bastar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.