About Rajpur Village

Rajpur is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,657, made up of 825 males and 832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	494228
Area (hectares)	496.66 hectares
Population	1,657
Male Population	825
Female Population	832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur is the 19th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 496.66 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Rajpur

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

Rajpur lies about 50 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sankra, about 50 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 Rajpur
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	9.1 km
Nearest town	Kānker	43 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	50 km
Nearest railway station	Sankra	50 km

Villages closest to Rajpur

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 Rajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur village had a population of 1,657. That makes it the 19th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Rajpur village has 825 males and 832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Rajpur is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajpur covers 496.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rajpur falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rajpur is Sankra, about 50 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 Rajpur.

Rajpur is about 50 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rajpur is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 9.1 km away. Kānker is about 43 km away. Dhamtari is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.