About Magarghata Village

Magarghata is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,723, made up of 887 males and 836 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 490042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Magarghata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Magarghata village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	490042
Area (hectares)	485.87 hectares
Population	1,723
Male Population	887
Female Population	836
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Magarghata compares

By the 2011 count Magarghata is the 39th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 485.87 hectares work out to about 3.5 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 1004.

Getting to Magarghata

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

Magarghata lies about 30 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sarona, about 2.8 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 Magarghata
Nearest railway station	Sarona	2.8 km
Nearest town	Kumhāri	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	22 km
District headquarters	Durg	30 km

Villages closest to Magarghata

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 Magarghata

As per the Census of India 2011, Magarghata village had a population of 1,723. That makes it the 39th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Magarghata village has 887 males and 836 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Magarghata has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Magarghata is 490042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Magarghata covers 485.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Magarghata falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Magarghata is Sarona, about 2.8 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 10+ km distance for Magarghata.

Magarghata is about 30 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Magarghata is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Sarona is about 2.8 km away. Kumhāri is about 6.3 km away. Patan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.