About Ponga Bheji Village

Ponga Bheji is a mid sized village in Sukma tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,087, made up of 500 males and 587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,174 females per 1000 males. The village covers 3361.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ponga Bheji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ponga Bheji village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Sukma
Pincode	494111
Area (hectares)	3361.67 hectares
Population	1,087
Male Population	500
Female Population	587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,174
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ponga Bheji compares

By the 2011 count Ponga Bheji is the 15th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 980 residents. Its 3361.67 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1086.

Getting to Ponga Bheji

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

Ponga Bheji lies about 46 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 42 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 Ponga Bheji
Tehsil headquarters	Sukma	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	42 km
Nearest town	Malakanagiri	43 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	46 km

Villages closest to Ponga Bheji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sukma 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 Ponga Bheji

As per the Census of India 2011, Ponga Bheji village had a population of 1,087. That makes it the 15th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 980 residents.

Ponga Bheji village has 500 males and 587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ponga Bheji has about 1174 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Ponga Bheji is 494111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ponga Bheji covers 3361.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ponga Bheji falls under Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ponga Bheji is Kirandul, about 42 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 Ponga Bheji.

Ponga Bheji is about 46 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.

Ponga Bheji is in Sukma tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Sukma is about 15 km away. Kirandul is about 42 km away. Malakanagiri is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.