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About Pendri Village

Pendri is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,268, made up of 658 males and 610 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pendri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pendri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gunderdehi
Pincode 491223
Area (hectares) 422.8 hectares
Population 1,268
Male Population 658
Female Population 610
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 927
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Pendri compares

By the 2011 count Pendri is the 60th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 422.8 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Pendri

Pendri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Pendri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Pendri from other places

Pendri lies about 34 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sikosa, about 5.7 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 Pendri
Nearest railway station Sikosa 5.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Gunderdehi 7.9 km
Nearest town Balod 22 km
District headquarters Durg 34 km

Villages closest to Pendri

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.

Common questions about Pendri

As per the Census of India 2011, Pendri village had a population of 1,268. That makes it the 60th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Pendri village has 658 males and 610 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pendri has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Pendri is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pendri covers 422.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pendri falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pendri is Sikosa, about 5.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Pendri.

Pendri is about 34 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pendri is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Sikosa is about 5.7 km away. Gunderdehi is about 7.9 km away. Balod is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kalangpur (1.7 km), Charbhatha (1.9 km) and Barbaspur (1.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Pendri today is likely to be higher.

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