About Faraspal Village

Faraspal 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 1,838, made up of 930 males and 908 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1637.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Faraspal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Faraspal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	1637.75 hectares
Population	1,838
Male Population	930
Female Population	908
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Faraspal compares

By the 2011 count Faraspal is the 6th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 1637.75 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Faraspal

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

Faraspal lies about 28 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 9.3 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 Faraspal
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	9.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	14 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	28 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	28 km

Villages closest to Faraspal

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 Faraspal

As per the Census of India 2011, Faraspal village had a population of 1,838. That makes it the 6th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Faraspal village has 930 males and 908 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Faraspal has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Faraspal covers 1637.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Faraspal is Kamalur, about 9.3 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 10+ km distance for Faraspal.

Faraspal is about 28 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.

Faraspal is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 9.3 km away. Gidam is about 14 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.