About Upani Village

Upani is a mid sized village in Dabhra tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,589, made up of 773 males and 816 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 568.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Upani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Upani village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Dabhra
Pincode	491340
Area (hectares)	568.89 hectares
Population	1,589
Male Population	773
Female Population	816
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Upani compares

By the 2011 count Upani is the 28th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents. Its 568.89 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 Upani

Upani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Upani as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Upani from other places

Upani lies about 58 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Kharsia, about 27 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 Upani
Tehsil headquarters	Dabhra	3.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kharsia	27 km
Nearest town	Saktī	33 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	58 km

Villages closest to Upani

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.

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Common questions about Upani

As per the Census of India 2011, Upani village had a population of 1,589. That makes it the 28th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,215 residents.

Upani village has 773 males and 816 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Upani has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Upani is 491340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Upani covers 568.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Upani is Kharsia, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Upani.

Upani is about 58 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Upani is in Dabhra tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Dabhra is about 3.3 km away. Kharsia is about 27 km away. Saktī is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.