About Burgum Village

Burgum 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 1,008, made up of 429 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,350 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2130.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burgum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burgum village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	2130.77 hectares
Population	1,008
Male Population	429
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,350
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Burgum compares

By the 2011 count Burgum is the 17th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 2130.77 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 1100.

Getting to Burgum

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

Burgum lies about 25 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 21 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 Burgum
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	21 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	25 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	25 km

Villages closest to Burgum

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.

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Common questions about Burgum

As per the Census of India 2011, Burgum village had a population of 1,008. That makes it the 17th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Burgum village has 429 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burgum has about 1350 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1100.

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

Burgum covers 2130.77 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Burgum is Kirandul, about 21 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 Burgum.

Burgum is about 25 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.

Burgum is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 21 km away. Bacheli is about 24 km away. Kuakonda is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.