About Daija Village

Daija is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,630, made up of 865 males and 765 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 564.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daija Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daija village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Takhatpur
Pincode	495113
Area (hectares)	564.79 hectares
Population	1,630
Male Population	865
Female Population	765
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Daija compares

By the 2011 count Daija is the 53rd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 564.79 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 976.

Getting to Daija

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

Daija lies about 26 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 13 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 Daija
Tehsil headquarters	Takhatpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kalmitar	13 km
Nearest town	Ratanpur	26 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	26 km

Villages closest to Daija

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Daija village had a population of 1,630. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Daija village has 865 males and 765 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daija has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Daija is 495113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Daija covers 564.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daija falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Daija is Kalmitar, about 13 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 village for Daija.

Daija is about 26 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Daija is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 11 km away. Kalmitar is about 13 km away. Ratanpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.