About Pondum Village

Pondum is a mid sized village in Bhairamgarh tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 871, made up of 370 males and 501 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,354 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1296.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496100, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pondum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondum village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bijapur
Tehsil	Bhairamgarh
Pincode	496100
Area (hectares)	1296.66 hectares
Population	871
Male Population	370
Female Population	501
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,354
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pondum compares

By the 2011 count Pondum is the 19th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 1296.66 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1065.

Getting to Pondum

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

Pondum lies about 35 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 24 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 Pondum
Tehsil headquarters	Bhairamgarh	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	24 km
District headquarters	Bijapur	35 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	37 km

Villages closest to Pondum

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 Pondum

As per the Census of India 2011, Pondum village had a population of 871. That makes it the 19th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Pondum village has 370 males and 501 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondum has about 1354 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1065.

The pincode recorded for Pondum is 496100. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pondum covers 1296.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pondum falls under Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pondum is Kamalur, about 24 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 Pondum.

Pondum is about 35 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pondum is in Bhairamgarh tehsil of Bijapur district. Bhairamgarh is about 5.2 km away. Kamalur is about 24 km away. Bijapur is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.