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About Perpa Village

Perpa is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 410, made up of 199 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,060 females per 1000 males. The village covers 662.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Perpa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Perpa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 662.21 hectares
Population 410
Male Population 199
Female Population 211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,060
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Perpa compares

By the 2011 count Perpa is the 34th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 662.21 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Perpa

Perpa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Perpa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Perpa from other places

Perpa lies about 18 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 4.9 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 Perpa
Nearest railway station Kirandul 4.9 km
Nearest town Bacheli 8.2 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 20 km

Villages closest to Perpa

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 Perpa

As per the Census of India 2011, Perpa village had a population of 410. That makes it the 34th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Perpa village has 199 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Perpa has about 1060 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1100.

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

Perpa covers 662.21 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Perpa is Kirandul, about 4.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Perpa.

Perpa is about 18 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.

Perpa is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 4.9 km away. Bacheli is about 8.2 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samalwar (1.9 km), Cholnar (2.1 km) and Pirnar (2.7 km).

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

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