About Binjam Village

Binjam is a mid sized village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,164, made up of 568 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 976.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Binjam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Binjam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	976.85 hectares
Population	1,164
Male Population	568
Female Population	596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Binjam compares

By the 2011 count Binjam is the 20th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 976.85 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1034.

Getting to Binjam

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

Binjam lies about 26 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 7.2 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 Binjam
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	11 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	26 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	29 km

Villages closest to Binjam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Binjam village had a population of 1,164. That makes it the 20th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Binjam village has 568 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Binjam has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Binjam is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Binjam covers 976.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Binjam falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Binjam is Dantewara, about 7.2 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 Binjam.

Binjam is about 26 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.

Binjam is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewara is about 7.2 km away. Gidam is about 11 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.