About Dharma Village

Dharma is a small village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 77, made up of 46 males and 31 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 674 females per 1000 males. The village covers 659.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494450, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhairamgarh
Pincode	494450
Area (hectares)	659.1 hectares
Population	77
Male Population	46
Female Population	31
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	674
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharma compares

By the 2011 count Dharma is the 172nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 659.1 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1065.

Getting to Dharma

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

Dharma lies about 43 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 31 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 Dharma
Tehsil headquarters	Bhairamgarh	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	31 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	43 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	47 km

Villages closest to Dharma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharma village had a population of 77. That makes it the 172nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Dharma village has 46 males and 31 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharma has about 674 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Dharma is 494450. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharma covers 659.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharma falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dharma is Kamalur, about 31 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 Dharma.

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

Dharma is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhairamgarh is about 8.5 km away. Kamalur is about 31 km away. Bijapur is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.