About Farasgaon Village

Farasgaon is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 129 males and 127 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 984 females per 1000 males. The village covers 684.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Farasgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Farasgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	684.8 hectares
Population	256
Male Population	129
Female Population	127
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	984
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Farasgaon compares

By the 2011 count Farasgaon is the 185th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 684.8 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Farasgaon

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

Farasgaon lies about 71 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 Farasgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	16 km
Nearest town	Kānker	51 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	71 km

Villages closest to Farasgaon

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 Farasgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Farasgaon village had a population of 256. That makes it the 185th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Farasgaon village has 129 males and 127 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Farasgaon has about 984 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Farasgaon is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Farasgaon covers 684.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Farasgaon falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Farasgaon 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 10+ km distance for Farasgaon.

Farasgaon is about 71 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Farasgaon is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 16 km away. Kānker is about 51 km away. Dhamtari is about 71 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.