About Bijapur Village

Bijapur is a mid sized village in Makdi tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,022, made up of 538 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 538.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494444, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Makdi
Pincode	494444
Area (hectares)	538.94 hectares
Population	1,022
Male Population	538
Female Population	484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bijapur compares

By the 2011 count Bijapur is the 39th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 538.94 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Bijapur

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

Bijapur lies about 26 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 4.6 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 Bijapur
Nearest railway station	Amagura	4.6 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Makdi	26 km
District headquarters	Bastar	26 km

Villages closest to Bijapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijapur village had a population of 1,022. That makes it the 39th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Bijapur village has 538 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijapur has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Bijapur is 494444. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bijapur covers 538.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bijapur falls under Makdi tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bijapur is Amagura, about 4.6 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 Bijapur.

Bijapur is about 26 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bijapur is in Makdi tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 4.6 km away. Jagdalpur is about 14 km away. Makdi is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.