About Bard Village

Bard is a mid sized village in Jhanduta tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 681, made up of 339 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bard Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bard village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Jhanduta
Pincode	174029
Area (hectares)	135.32 hectares
Population	681
Male Population	339
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bard compares

By the 2011 count Bard is the 36th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 135.32 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Bard

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

Bard lies about 21 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 17 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 Bard
Nearest railway station	Belha	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jhanduta	21 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	21 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	21 km

Villages closest to Bard

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bard village had a population of 681. That makes it the 36th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Bard village has 339 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bard has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Bard is 174029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bard covers 135.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bard falls under Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bard is Belha, about 17 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bard.

Bard is about 21 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bard is in Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur district. Belha is about 17 km away. Jhanduta is about 21 km away. Bilaspur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.