About Pedka Village

Pedka is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 96 males and 112 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 331.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pedka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pedka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	331.58 hectares
Population	208
Male Population	96
Female Population	112
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,167
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pedka compares

By the 2011 count Pedka is the 49th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 331.58 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 Pedka

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

Pedka lies about 26 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 14 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 Pedka
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	14 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	18 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	27 km

Villages closest to Pedka

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 Pedka

As per the Census of India 2011, Pedka village had a population of 208. That makes it the 49th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Pedka village has 96 males and 112 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pedka has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1100.

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

Pedka covers 331.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pedka is Kirandul, about 14 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 Pedka.

Pedka is about 26 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.

Pedka is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 14 km away. Bacheli is about 18 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.