About Bhogam Village

Bhogam is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 841, made up of 392 males and 449 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 812.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhogam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhogam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Dantewada
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	812.99 hectares
Population	841
Male Population	392
Female Population	449
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,145
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhogam compares

By the 2011 count Bhogam is the 27th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 812.99 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Bhogam

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

Bhogam lies about 22 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 5.1 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 Bhogam
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantewada	22 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	22 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	25 km

Villages closest to Bhogam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhogam village had a population of 841. That makes it the 27th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Bhogam village has 392 males and 449 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhogam has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Bhogam is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhogam covers 812.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhogam falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhogam is Dantewara, about 5.1 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 Bhogam.

Bhogam is about 22 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhogam is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 5.1 km away. Dantewada is about 22 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.