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About Teknar Village

Teknar 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 1,797, made up of 825 males and 972 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,178 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1380.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Teknar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Teknar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494449
Area (hectares) 1380.88 hectares
Population 1,797
Male Population 825
Female Population 972
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,178
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Teknar compares

By the 2011 count Teknar is the 9th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 1380.88 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Teknar

Teknar 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 Teknar 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 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Teknar from other places

Teknar lies about 21 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 3.1 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 Teknar
Nearest railway station Dantewara 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 21 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 21 km
Nearest town Bacheli 29 km

Villages closest to Teknar

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 Teknar

As per the Census of India 2011, Teknar village had a population of 1,797. That makes it the 9th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Teknar village has 825 males and 972 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Teknar has about 1178 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

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

Teknar covers 1380.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Teknar is Dantewara, about 3.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Teknar.

Teknar is about 21 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.

Teknar is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 3.1 km away. Dantewada is about 21 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhairamband (1.5 km), Balpet (2.1 km) and Chitalanka (4.2 km).

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

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