About Porokonda Sawali Village

Porokonda Sawali is a small village in Konta tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 116, made up of 61 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494556, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porokonda Sawali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porokonda Sawali village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Konta
Pincode	494556
Area (hectares)	95.53 hectares
Population	116
Male Population	61
Female Population	55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porokonda Sawali compares

By the 2011 count Porokonda Sawali is the 194th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 95.53 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 Porokonda Sawali

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

Porokonda Sawali lies about 33 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 17 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 Porokonda Sawali
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	17 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Konta	33 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	33 km

Villages closest to Porokonda Sawali

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 Porokonda Sawali

As per the Census of India 2011, Porokonda Sawali village had a population of 116. That makes it the 194th largest of the 226 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Porokonda Sawali village has 61 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porokonda Sawali has about 902 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 Porokonda Sawali is 494556. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porokonda Sawali covers 95.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Porokonda Sawali is Kirandul, about 17 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 Porokonda Sawali.

Porokonda Sawali is about 33 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.

Porokonda Sawali is in Konta tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 17 km away. Bacheli is about 22 km away. Konta is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.