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About Kuper Village

Kuper 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 985, made up of 465 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 551.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kuper Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kuper village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 551.23 hectares
Population 985
Male Population 465
Female Population 520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,118
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Kuper compares

By the 2011 count Kuper is the 22nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 551.23 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Kuper

Kuper is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kuper 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kuper from other places

Kuper lies about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 3.4 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 Kuper
Nearest railway station Kamalur 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 18 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 18 km
Nearest town Bacheli 20 km

Villages closest to Kuper

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.

Common questions about Kuper

As per the Census of India 2011, Kuper village had a population of 985. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Kuper village has 465 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kuper has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1086.

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

Kuper covers 551.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kuper is Kamalur, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Kuper.

Kuper is about 18 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.

Kuper is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 3.4 km away. Dantewada is about 18 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mangnar (1.9 km), Tudparas (2.7 km) and Degalras (2.9 km).

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

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