About Pentapad Village

Pentapad is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 168, made up of 79 males and 89 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pentapad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pentapad village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Konta
Pincode	494114
Area (hectares)	310 hectares
Population	168
Male Population	79
Female Population	89
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,127
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pentapad compares

By the 2011 count Pentapad is the 152nd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 310 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, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Pentapad

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

Pentapad 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 Pentapad
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 Pentapad

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 Pentapad

As per the Census of India 2011, Pentapad village had a population of 168. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Pentapad village has 79 males and 89 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pentapad has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Pentapad is 494114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pentapad covers 310 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Pentapad 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 Pentapad.

Pentapad 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.

Pentapad 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.