About Petha Village

Petha is a small village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 253 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2014.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhairamgarh
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	2014.67 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	253
Female Population	239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	945
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petha compares

By the 2011 count Petha is the 42nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 2014.67 hectares work out to about 0.2 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 1065.

Getting to Petha

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

Petha lies about 33 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 53 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 Petha
Tehsil headquarters	Bhairamgarh	25 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	33 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	53 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	64 km

Villages closest to Petha

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 Petha

As per the Census of India 2011, Petha village had a population of 492. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Petha village has 253 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petha has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Petha is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Petha covers 2014.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Petha falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Petha is Kamalur, about 53 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 Petha.

Petha is about 33 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petha is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhairamgarh is about 25 km away. Bijapur is about 33 km away. Kamalur is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.