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About Pharasawani Village

Pharasawani is a large village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,781, made up of 1,343 males and 1,438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,071 females per 1000 males. The village covers 688.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495688, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pharasawani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pharasawani village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Dabhra
Pincode 495688
Area (hectares) 688.26 hectares
Population 2,781
Male Population 1,343
Female Population 1,438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,071
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pharasawani compares

By the 2011 count Pharasawani is the 7th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 688.26 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Pharasawani

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

Pharasawani lies about 52 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 19 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 Pharasawani
Tehsil headquarters Dabhra 6.4 km
Nearest railway station Kharsia 19 km
Nearest town Saktī 24 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 52 km

Villages closest to Pharasawani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pharasawani village had a population of 2,781. That makes it the 7th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Pharasawani village has 1,343 males and 1,438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pharasawani has about 1071 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Pharasawani is 495688. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pharasawani covers 688.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Pharasawani falls under Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pharasawani is Kharsia, about 19 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 Pharasawani.

Pharasawani is about 52 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pharasawani is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 6.4 km away. Kharsia is about 19 km away. Saktī is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khaira (2.2 km), Rambhatha (2.4 km) and Gobra (2.8 km).

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

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