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About Taneli Village

Taneli is a small village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 372, made up of 186 males and 186 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Taneli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Taneli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Kuakonda
Pincode 494552
Area (hectares) 631.49 hectares
Population 372
Male Population 186
Female Population 186
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Taneli compares

By the 2011 count Taneli is the 38th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 631.49 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 Taneli

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

Taneli lies about 26 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 12 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 Taneli
Nearest railway station Kirandul 12 km
Nearest town Bacheli 17 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuakonda 28 km

Villages closest to Taneli

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 Taneli

As per the Census of India 2011, Taneli village had a population of 372. That makes it the 38th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Taneli village has 186 males and 186 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Taneli has about 1000 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 Taneli is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Taneli covers 631.49 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Taneli is Kirandul, about 12 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 Taneli.

Taneli 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.

Taneli is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 12 km away. Bacheli is about 17 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.

The closest recorded villages are Pedka (2.1 km), Acheli (2.5 km) and Gumiyapal (3.4 km).

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

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