About Upet Village

Upet 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 513, made up of 272 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 555.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Upet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Upet village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494441
Area (hectares)	555.09 hectares
Population	513
Male Population	272
Female Population	241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Upet compares

By the 2011 count Upet is the 44th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 555.09 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Upet

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

Upet lies about 39 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 Upet
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	13 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	39 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	47 km

Villages closest to Upet

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 Upet

As per the Census of India 2011, Upet village had a population of 513. That makes it the 44th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Upet village has 272 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Upet has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

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

Upet covers 555.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Upet 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 Upet.

Upet is about 39 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.

Upet is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 13 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 39 km away. Bacheli is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.