About Muhander Village

Muhander 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 635, made up of 288 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,205 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1235.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Muhander Overview

Census 2011 figures for Muhander village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	1235.42 hectares
Population	635
Male Population	288
Female Population	347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,205
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Muhander compares

By the 2011 count Muhander is the 39th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 1235.42 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1034.

Getting to Muhander

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

Muhander lies about 32 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kamalur, about 12 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 Muhander
Nearest railway station	Kamalur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	23 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	28 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	32 km

Villages closest to Muhander

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 Muhander

As per the Census of India 2011, Muhander village had a population of 635. That makes it the 39th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Muhander village has 288 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Muhander has about 1205 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Muhander covers 1235.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Muhander is Kamalur, about 12 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 Muhander.

Muhander is about 32 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.

Muhander is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kamalur is about 12 km away. Gidam is about 23 km away. Bacheli is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.