About Sighanpuri Village

Sighanpuri is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 918, made up of 444 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sighanpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sighanpuri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	264.36 hectares
Population	918
Male Population	444
Female Population	474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Sighanpuri compares

By the 2011 count Sighanpuri is the 121st largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 264.36 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 Sighanpuri

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

Sighanpuri lies about 45 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 28 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 Sighanpuri
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	6.1 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	28 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	45 km

Villages closest to Sighanpuri

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.

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Common questions about Sighanpuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Sighanpuri village had a population of 918. That makes it the 121st largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Sighanpuri village has 444 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sighanpuri has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

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

Sighanpuri covers 264.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Sighanpuri falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Sighanpuri is Kargi Road, about 28 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 Sighanpuri.

Sighanpuri is about 45 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Sighanpuri is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 6.1 km away. Mungeli is about 22 km away. Kargi Road is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.