About Pahurnar Village

Pahurnar 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 767, made up of 392 males and 375 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 673.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pahurnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pahurnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	673.95 hectares
Population	767
Male Population	392
Female Population	375
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pahurnar compares

By the 2011 count Pahurnar is the 31st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 673.95 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 Pahurnar

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

Pahurnar lies about 42 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada. 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 Pahurnar
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	17 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	42 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	46 km

Villages closest to Pahurnar

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 Pahurnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Pahurnar village had a population of 767. That makes it the 31st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Pahurnar village has 392 males and 375 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pahurnar has about 957 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 Pahurnar is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pahurnar covers 673.95 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.

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

The census record for Pahurnar notes the nearest railway station 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 Pahurnar.

Pahurnar is about 42 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.

Pahurnar is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 17 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 42 km away. Bacheli is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.