About Bijapur Village

Bijapur is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 549, made up of 263 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,087 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493773, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493773
Area (hectares)	359.88 hectares
Population	549
Male Population	263
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,087
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bijapur compares

By the 2011 count Bijapur is the 98th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 359.88 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1030.

Getting to Bijapur

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

Bijapur lies about 29 km from Dhamtari. 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 Bijapur
District headquarters	Dhamtari	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	31 km

Villages closest to Bijapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijapur village had a population of 549. That makes it the 98th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Bijapur village has 263 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijapur has about 1087 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Bijapur is 493773. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bijapur covers 359.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bijapur falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Bijapur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Bijapur.

Bijapur is about 29 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bijapur is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Dhamtari is about 29 km away. Nagri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.