About Bhilai Village

Bhilai is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,543, made up of 780 males and 763 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 978 females per 1000 males. The village covers 522.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhilai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhilai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	491225
Area (hectares)	522.66 hectares
Population	1,543
Male Population	780
Female Population	763
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	978
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhilai compares

By the 2011 count Bhilai is the 36th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 522.66 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Bhilai

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

Bhilai lies about 18 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 10 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 Bhilai
Nearest railway station	Risama	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	11 km
District headquarters	Durg	18 km

Villages closest to Bhilai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhilai village had a population of 1,543. That makes it the 36th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Bhilai village has 780 males and 763 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhilai has about 978 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Bhilai is 491225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhilai covers 522.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhilai falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhilai is Risama, about 10 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 Bhilai.

Bhilai is about 18 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhilai is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Risama is about 10 km away. Gunderdehi is about 11 km away. Durg is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.