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About Porokakadi Village

Porokakadi is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 60, made up of 31 males and 29 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 325.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porokakadi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porokakadi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Konta
Pincode 494122
Area (hectares) 325.54 hectares
Population 60
Male Population 31
Female Population 29
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Porokakadi compares

By the 2011 count Porokakadi is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 325.54 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Porokakadi

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

Porokakadi lies about 20 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 9.4 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 Porokakadi
Nearest railway station Kirandul 9.4 km
Nearest town Bacheli 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Konta 20 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 20 km

Villages closest to Porokakadi

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 Porokakadi

As per the Census of India 2011, Porokakadi village had a population of 60. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Porokakadi village has 31 males and 29 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porokakadi has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

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

Porokakadi covers 325.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Porokakadi is Kirandul, about 9.4 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 Porokakadi.

Porokakadi is about 20 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.

Porokakadi is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 9.4 km away. Bacheli is about 13 km away. Konta is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jabeli (6.9 km), Durandarbha (7.3 km) and Chintalnar (8.0 km).

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

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