About Pahra Village

Pahra is a mid sized village in Dhamdha tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,405, made up of 697 males and 708 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 490036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pahra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Dhamdha
Pincode	490036
Area (hectares)	617.22 hectares
Population	1,405
Male Population	697
Female Population	708
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pahra compares

By the 2011 count Pahra is the 48th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents. Its 617.22 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Pahra

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

Pahra lies about 33 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Kumhari, about 19 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 Pahra
Nearest town	Ahīwāra	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhamdha	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kumhari	19 km
District headquarters	Durg	33 km

Villages closest to Pahra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pahra village had a population of 1,405. That makes it the 48th largest of the 150 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,271 residents.

Pahra village has 697 males and 708 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pahra has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Pahra is 490036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pahra covers 617.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pahra falls under Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pahra is Kumhari, about 19 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 10+ km distance for Pahra.

Pahra is about 33 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pahra is in Dhamdha tehsil of Durg district. Ahīwāra is about 9.5 km away. Dhamdha is about 18 km away. Kumhari is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.