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About Tengna Village

Tengna is a mid sized village in Gurur tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,540, made up of 752 males and 788 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 506.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tengna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tengna village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gurur
Pincode 491227
Area (hectares) 506.52 hectares
Population 1,540
Male Population 752
Female Population 788
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Tengna compares

By the 2011 count Tengna is the 37th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents. Its 506.52 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Tengna

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

Tengna lies about 59 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Latabor, about 18 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 Tengna
Tehsil headquarters Gurur 4.8 km
Nearest town Balod 18 km
Nearest railway station Latabor 18 km
District headquarters Durg 59 km

Villages closest to Tengna

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.

Common questions about Tengna

As per the Census of India 2011, Tengna village had a population of 1,540. That makes it the 37th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,152 residents.

Tengna village has 752 males and 788 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tengna has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Tengna is 491227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tengna covers 506.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tengna falls under Gurur tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tengna is Latabor, about 18 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 Tengna.

Tengna is about 59 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tengna is in Gurur tehsil of Durg district. Gurur is about 4.8 km away. Balod is about 18 km away. Latabor is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nahanda (under 2 km), Sonai Dongri (1.7 km) and Kaparmeta (2.0 km).

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

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