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About Utagan Village

Utagan is a mid sized village in Bilha tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,239, made up of 615 males and 624 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 330.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Utagan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Utagan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Bilha
Pincode 495224
Area (hectares) 330.42 hectares
Population 1,239
Male Population 615
Female Population 624
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Utagan compares

By the 2011 count Utagan is the 41st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents. Its 330.42 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Utagan

Utagan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Utagan 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Utagan from other places

Utagan lies about 20 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Dagori, about 1.8 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 Utagan
Nearest railway station Dagori 1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Bilha 3.6 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 20 km
Nearest town Bilāspur 20 km

Villages closest to Utagan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Utagan village had a population of 1,239. That makes it the 41st largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,515 residents.

Utagan village has 615 males and 624 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Utagan has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Utagan is 495224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Utagan covers 330.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Utagan falls under Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Utagan is Dagori, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Utagan.

Utagan is about 20 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Utagan is in Bilha tehsil of Bilaspur district. Dagori is about 1.8 km away. Bilha is about 3.6 km away. Bilaspur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Athulkapa (under 2 km), Ameri Akbari (2.1 km) and Kewanchhi (2.3 km).

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

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