About Dharma Penta Village

Dharma Penta is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 131, made up of 65 males and 66 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharma Penta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharma Penta village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Konta
Pincode	494122
Area (hectares)	100 hectares
Population	131
Male Population	65
Female Population	66
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dharma Penta compares

By the 2011 count Dharma Penta is the 183rd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 100 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Dharma Penta

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

Dharma Penta lies about 12 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 13 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 Dharma Penta
Tehsil headquarters	Konta	12 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	12 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	13 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	14 km

Villages closest to Dharma Penta

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Konta 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 Dharma Penta

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharma Penta village had a population of 131. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Dharma Penta village has 65 males and 66 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharma Penta has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Dharma Penta is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dharma Penta covers 100 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharma Penta falls under Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dharma Penta is Kirandul, about 13 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 Dharma Penta.

Dharma Penta is about 12 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.

Dharma Penta is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Konta is about 12 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 12 km away. Kirandul is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.