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About Porokameli Village

Porokameli is a small village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 200, made up of 94 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494553, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porokameli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porokameli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494553
Area (hectares) 124.48 hectares
Population 200
Male Population 94
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,128
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Porokameli compares

By the 2011 count Porokameli is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 124.48 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 Porokameli

Porokameli is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Porokameli as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Porokameli from other places

Porokameli lies about 16 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Bhansi, about 1.7 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 Porokameli
Nearest railway station Bhansi 1.7 km
Nearest town Bacheli 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 16 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 16 km

Villages closest to Porokameli

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 Porokameli

As per the Census of India 2011, Porokameli village had a population of 200. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Porokameli village has 94 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porokameli has about 1128 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Porokameli is 494553. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porokameli covers 124.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Porokameli is Bhansi, about 1.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Porokameli.

Porokameli is about 16 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.

Porokameli is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Bhansi is about 1.7 km away. Bacheli is about 8.6 km away. Dantewada is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhansi (1.6 km), Badekameli (2.2 km) and Nerli (3.3 km).

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

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