About Atepal Village

Atepal is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 704, made up of 336 males and 368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,095 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1273.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Atepal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Atepal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	1273.66 hectares
Population	704
Male Population	336
Female Population	368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,095
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Atepal compares

By the 2011 count Atepal is the 22nd largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 1273.66 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, a little above the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Atepal

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

Atepal lies about 9.6 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kawargaon, about 22 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 Atepal
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	9.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Katekalyan	17 km
Nearest railway station	Kawargaon	22 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	25 km

Villages closest to Atepal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katekalyan 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 Atepal

As per the Census of India 2011, Atepal village had a population of 704. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Atepal village has 336 males and 368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Atepal has about 1095 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Atepal is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Atepal covers 1273.66 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.

Atepal falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Atepal is Kawargaon, about 22 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 Atepal.

Atepal is about 9.6 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.

Atepal is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 9.6 km away. Katekalyan is about 17 km away. Kawargaon is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.