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About Bicharpur Village

Bicharpur is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 792, made up of 424 males and 368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bicharpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bicharpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Takhatpur
Pincode 491558
Area (hectares) 154.21 hectares
Population 792
Male Population 424
Female Population 368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bicharpur compares

By the 2011 count Bicharpur is the 118th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 154.21 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Bicharpur

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

Bicharpur lies about 25 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 Bicharpur
Tehsil headquarters Takhatpur 9.8 km
Nearest railway station Kalmitar 13 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 25 km
Nearest town Bilāspur 25 km

Villages closest to Bicharpur

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.

Common questions about Bicharpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Bicharpur village had a population of 792. That makes it the 118th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Bicharpur village has 424 males and 368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bicharpur has about 868 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 Bicharpur is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bicharpur covers 154.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bicharpur falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bicharpur 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 <5 km distance for Bicharpur.

Bicharpur is about 25 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bicharpur is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 9.8 km away. Kalmitar is about 13 km away. Bilaspur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhandhan (under 2 km), Rajpur (2.5 km) and Kekti (2.6 km).

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

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