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About Hardas Village

Hardas is a mid sized village in Thanakhamria tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 786, made up of 372 males and 414 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491338, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hardas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hardas village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Thanakhamria
Pincode 491338
Area (hectares) 332.2 hectares
Population 786
Male Population 372
Female Population 414
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,113
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hardas compares

By the 2011 count Hardas is the 40th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 332.2 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Hardas

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

Hardas lies about 11 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Risama, about 8.7 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 Hardas
Nearest railway station Risama 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Thanakhamria 11 km
District headquarters Durg 11 km

Villages closest to Hardas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Hardas village had a population of 786. That makes it the 40th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Hardas village has 372 males and 414 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hardas has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Hardas is 491338. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Hardas covers 332.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Hardas falls under Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Hardas is Risama, about 8.7 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 Hardas.

Hardas is about 11 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Hardas is in Thanakhamria tehsil of Durg district. Risama is about 8.7 km away. Thanakhamria is about 11 km away. Durg is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhanora (8.7 km), Khairajhiti Kalan (10 km) and Sonchiraiya (10 km).

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

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