About Kaurgaon Village

Kaurgaon 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 1,439, made up of 713 males and 726 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2608.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kaurgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kaurgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	2608.5 hectares
Population	1,439
Male Population	713
Female Population	726
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kaurgaon compares

By the 2011 count Kaurgaon is the 14th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 2608.5 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Kaurgaon

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

Kaurgaon lies about 58 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 34 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 Kaurgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	32 km
Nearest railway station	Silak Jhori	34 km
Nearest town	Kondagaon	42 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	58 km

Villages closest to Kaurgaon

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 Kaurgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Kaurgaon village had a population of 1,439. That makes it the 14th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Kaurgaon village has 713 males and 726 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kaurgaon has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Kaurgaon covers 2608.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Kaurgaon is Silak Jhori, about 34 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 Kaurgaon.

Kaurgaon is about 58 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.

Kaurgaon is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 32 km away. Silak Jhori is about 34 km away. Kondagaon is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.