About Bhand Village

Bhand is a mid sized village in Berla tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 965, made up of 477 males and 488 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 426.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491332, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Berla
Pincode	491332
Area (hectares)	426.91 hectares
Population	965
Male Population	477
Female Population	488
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhand compares

By the 2011 count Bhand is the 81st largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents. Its 426.91 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Bhand

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

Bhand lies about 44 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Silyari, about 28 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 Bhand
Tehsil headquarters	Berla	2.5 km
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Silyari	28 km
District headquarters	Durg	44 km

Villages closest to Bhand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhand village had a population of 965. That makes it the 81st largest of the 123 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,411 residents.

Bhand village has 477 males and 488 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhand has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Bhand is 491332. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhand covers 426.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhand falls under Berla tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhand is Silyari, about 28 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 Bhand.

Bhand is about 44 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhand is in Berla tehsil of Durg district. Berla is about 2.5 km away. Ahīwāra is about 21 km away. Silyari is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.