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About Fulpad Village

Fulpad is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,953, made up of 931 males and 1,022 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2332.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Fulpad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Fulpad village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 2332.8 hectares
Population 1,953
Male Population 931
Female Population 1,022
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Fulpad compares

By the 2011 count Fulpad is the 7th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 2332.8 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Fulpad

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

Fulpad lies about 14 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 16 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 Fulpad
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 14 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 14 km
Nearest railway station Kirandul 16 km
Nearest town Bacheli 17 km

Villages closest to Fulpad

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kuakonda 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 Fulpad

As per the Census of India 2011, Fulpad village had a population of 1,953. That makes it the 7th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Fulpad village has 931 males and 1,022 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Fulpad has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Fulpad is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Fulpad covers 2332.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Fulpad falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Fulpad is Kirandul, about 16 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 Fulpad.

Fulpad is about 14 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.

Fulpad is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kuakonda is about 14 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 14 km away. Kirandul is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palnar (1.8 km), Penta (3.7 km) and Lendra (5.5 km).

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

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