About Bodal Village

Bodal is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 718, made up of 346 males and 372 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bodal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bodal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	491221
Area (hectares)	305.54 hectares
Population	718
Male Population	346
Female Population	372
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bodal compares

By the 2011 count Bodal is the 115th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 305.54 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Bodal

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

Bodal lies about 23 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 11 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 Bodal
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	11 km
Nearest railway station	Risama	11 km
Nearest town	Bhilai	19 km
District headquarters	Durg	23 km

Villages closest to Bodal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bodal village had a population of 718. That makes it the 115th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Bodal village has 346 males and 372 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bodal has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Bodal is 491221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bodal covers 305.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bodal falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bodal is Risama, about 11 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 Bodal.

Bodal is about 23 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bodal is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Patan is about 11 km away. Risama is about 11 km away. Bhilai is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.