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About Danawkhar Village

Danawkhar is a small village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 319, made up of 169 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Danawkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Danawkhar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Lormi
Pincode 495115
Area (hectares) 66.91 hectares
Population 319
Male Population 169
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 888
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Danawkhar compares

By the 2011 count Danawkhar is the 224th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 66.91 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Danawkhar

Danawkhar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Danawkhar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Danawkhar from other places

Danawkhar lies about 38 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Salkaroad, about 5.0 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 Danawkhar
Nearest railway station Salkaroad 5.0 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Lormi 29 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 38 km

Villages closest to Danawkhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Danawkhar village had a population of 319. That makes it the 224th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Danawkhar village has 169 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Danawkhar has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Danawkhar is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Danawkhar covers 66.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Danawkhar falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Danawkhar is Salkaroad, about 5.0 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 5 - 10 km distance for Danawkhar.

Danawkhar is about 38 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Danawkhar is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Salkaroad is about 5.0 km away. Ratanpur is about 23 km away. Lormi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Aurapani (3.0 km), Siwalkhar (9.0 km) and Sarasdol (11 km).

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

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