About Petechuwa Village

Petechuwa is a small village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 293, made up of 137 males and 156 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,139 females per 1000 males. The village covers 288.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petechuwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petechuwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gurur
Pincode	491226
Area (hectares)	288.05 hectares
Population	293
Male Population	137
Female Population	156
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,139
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Petechuwa compares

By the 2011 count Petechuwa is the 102nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 288.05 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Petechuwa

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

Petechuwa lies about 67 km from Durg. 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 Petechuwa
Tehsil headquarters	Gurur	14 km
Nearest town	Balod	19 km
District headquarters	Durg	67 km

Villages closest to Petechuwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Petechuwa village had a population of 293. That makes it the 102nd largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Petechuwa village has 137 males and 156 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petechuwa has about 1139 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Petechuwa is 491226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Petechuwa covers 288.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Petechuwa falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Petechuwa notes the nearest railway station 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 Petechuwa.

Petechuwa is about 67 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petechuwa is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 14 km away. Balod is about 19 km away. Durg is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.