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About Penta Village

Penta is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 185 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Penta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Penta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 148.48 hectares
Population 394
Male Population 185
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Penta compares

By the 2011 count Penta is the 36th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 148.48 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Penta

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

Penta 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 Penta
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 13 km
Nearest railway station Kirandul 13 km
Nearest town Bacheli 14 km

Villages closest to Penta

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 Penta

As per the Census of India 2011, Penta village had a population of 394. That makes it the 36th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Penta village has 185 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Penta has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1100.

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

Penta covers 148.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Penta 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 <5 km distance for Penta.

Penta 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.

Penta is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 12 km away. Kuakonda is about 13 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.

The closest recorded villages are Palnar (1.9 km), Lendra (2.0 km) and Mahrahaurnar (3.4 km).

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

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