About Hanchalpur Village

Hanchalpur is a large village in Kurud tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,055, made up of 1,038 males and 1,017 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 980 females per 1000 males. The village covers 513.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493770, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hanchalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hanchalpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Kurud
Pincode	493770
Area (hectares)	513.49 hectares
Population	2,055
Male Population	1,038
Female Population	1,017
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	980
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Hanchalpur compares

By the 2011 count Hanchalpur is the 27th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents. Its 513.49 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Hanchalpur

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

Hanchalpur lies about 20 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 15 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 Hanchalpur
Nearest railway station	Sarsonpuri	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kurud	19 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	20 km

Villages closest to Hanchalpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kurud 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 Hanchalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Hanchalpur village had a population of 2,055. That makes it the 27th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,539 residents.

Hanchalpur village has 1,038 males and 1,017 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hanchalpur has about 980 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Hanchalpur is 493770. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hanchalpur covers 513.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hanchalpur falls under Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Hanchalpur is Sarsonpuri, about 15 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 village for Hanchalpur.

Hanchalpur is about 20 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hanchalpur is in Kurud tehsil of Dhamtari district. Sarsonpuri is about 15 km away. Kurud is about 19 km away. Dhamtari is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.