About Durma Village

Durma is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 123, made up of 71 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 732 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1556.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Konta
Pincode	494122
Area (hectares)	1556.67 hectares
Population	123
Male Population	71
Female Population	52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	732
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Durma compares

By the 2011 count Durma is the 187th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 1556.67 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 1010.

Getting to Durma

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

Durma lies about 28 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 32 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 Durma
Tehsil headquarters	Konta	28 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	28 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	32 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	34 km

Villages closest to Durma

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 Durma

As per the Census of India 2011, Durma village had a population of 123. That makes it the 187th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Durma village has 71 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durma has about 732 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

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

Durma covers 1556.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Durma is Kirandul, about 32 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 Durma.

Durma is about 28 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.

Durma is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Konta is about 28 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 28 km away. Kirandul is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.