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About Patharikapa Village

Patharikapa is a small village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 386, made up of 184 males and 202 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.98 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Patharikapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Patharikapa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Lormi
Pincode 495115
Area (hectares) 120.98 hectares
Population 386
Male Population 184
Female Population 202
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Patharikapa compares

By the 2011 count Patharikapa is the 207th 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 120.98 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Patharikapa

Patharikapa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Patharikapa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Patharikapa from other places

Patharikapa lies about 41 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 29 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 Patharikapa
Tehsil headquarters Lormi 12 km
Nearest town Mungeli 16 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 29 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 41 km

Villages closest to Patharikapa

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 Patharikapa

As per the Census of India 2011, Patharikapa village had a population of 386. That makes it the 207th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Patharikapa village has 184 males and 202 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Patharikapa has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

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

Patharikapa covers 120.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Patharikapa falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Patharikapa is Kargi Road, about 29 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 km distance for Patharikapa.

Patharikapa is about 41 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Patharikapa is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 12 km away. Mungeli is about 16 km away. Kargi Road 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 Turwari (under 2 km), Piparkhunta (under 2 km) and Kumhrauli (1.8 km).

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

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