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About Seoni Village

Seoni is a small village in Makdi tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 407, made up of 198 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Seoni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Seoni village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Makdi
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 174.86 hectares
Population 407
Male Population 198
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Seoni compares

By the 2011 count Seoni is the 84th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents. Its 174.86 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Seoni

Seoni is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Seoni as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Seoni from other places

Seoni lies about 16 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, 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 Seoni
Tehsil headquarters Makdi 16 km
District headquarters Bastar 16 km
Nearest railway station Bade Arapur 29 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 32 km

Villages closest to Seoni

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 Seoni

As per the Census of India 2011, Seoni village had a population of 407. That makes it the 84th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,041 residents.

Seoni village has 198 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Seoni has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

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

Seoni covers 174.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Seoni falls under Makdi tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Seoni is Bade Arapur, 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 <5 km distance for Seoni.

Seoni is about 16 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Seoni is in Makdi tehsil of Bastar district. Makdi is about 16 km away. Bastar is about 16 km away. Bade Arapur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hirlabhat (2.2 km), Labha (2.2 km) and Balenga (9.4 km).

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

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