About Reka Village

Reka is a small village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 277, made up of 128 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,164 females per 1000 males. The village covers 942.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Reka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Reka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	942.58 hectares
Population	277
Male Population	128
Female Population	149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,164
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Reka compares

By the 2011 count Reka is the 61st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 942.58 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 Reka

Reka is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Reka 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Reka from other places

Reka lies about 43 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dabpal, about 21 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 Reka
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	18 km
Nearest railway station	Dabpal	21 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	43 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	53 km

Villages closest to Reka

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 Reka

As per the Census of India 2011, Reka village had a population of 277. That makes it the 61st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Reka village has 128 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Reka has about 1164 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Reka covers 942.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Reka is Dabpal, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance for Reka.

Reka is about 43 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.

Reka is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 18 km away. Dabpal is about 21 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.