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About Raigondi Village

Raigondi is a small village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 139 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 655.47 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raigondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raigondi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Lohandiguda
Pincode 494010
Area (hectares) 655.47 hectares
Population 279
Male Population 139
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Raigondi compares

By the 2011 count Raigondi is the 63rd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 655.47 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 Raigondi

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

Raigondi lies about 43 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 29 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 Raigondi
Tehsil headquarters Lohandiguda 26 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 29 km
District headquarters Bastar 43 km
Nearest town Kondagaon 46 km

Villages closest to Raigondi

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.

Common questions about Raigondi

As per the Census of India 2011, Raigondi village had a population of 279. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Raigondi village has 139 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raigondi has about 1007 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 Raigondi is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raigondi covers 655.47 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Raigondi falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Raigondi is Silak Jhori, about 29 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 Raigondi.

Raigondi is about 43 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raigondi is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Lohandiguda is about 26 km away. Silak Jhori is about 29 km away. Bastar is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koder (5.6 km), Pichi Koder (5.6 km) and Korali (9.8 km).

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

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