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About Anantpur Village

Anantpur is a large village in Makdi tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,618, made up of 1,257 males and 1,361 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1393.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anantpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anantpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Makdi
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 1393.61 hectares
Population 2,618
Male Population 1,257
Female Population 1,361
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Anantpur compares

By the 2011 count Anantpur is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 1393.61 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Anantpur

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

Anantpur lies about 27 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 1.9 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 Anantpur
Nearest railway station Amagura 1.9 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Makdi 27 km
District headquarters Bastar 27 km

Villages closest to Anantpur

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.

Common questions about Anantpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Anantpur village had a population of 2,618. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Anantpur village has 1,257 males and 1,361 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anantpur has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

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

Anantpur covers 1393.61 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.

Anantpur falls under Makdi tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Anantpur is Amagura, about 1.9 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 Anantpur.

Anantpur is about 27 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anantpur is in Makdi tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 1.9 km away. Jagdalpur is about 14 km away. Makdi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bijapur (2.8 km), Kokodi (9.2 km) and Pusapal (14 km).

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

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