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About Penta Village

Penta is a mid sized village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 626, made up of 309 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1334.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Konta
Pincode 494122
Area (hectares) 1334.79 hectares
Population 626
Male Population 309
Female Population 317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Penta compares

By the 2011 count Penta is the 35th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 1334.79 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1010.

Getting to Penta

Penta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Penta as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Penta from other places

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 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 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.

Common questions about Penta

As per the Census of India 2011, Penta village had a population of 626. That makes it the 35th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Penta village has 309 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penta has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1010.

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

Penta covers 1334.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to 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 <5 km distance for Penta.

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.

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.

The closest recorded villages are Amapenta (under 2 km), Arlapenta (under 2 km) and Dharma Penta (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Penta today is likely to be higher.

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