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About Prankapa Village

Prankapa is a mid sized village in Pandariya tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 539, made up of 266 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 166.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491559, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Prankapa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Prankapa village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Kabeerdham
Tehsil Pandariya
Pincode 491559
Area (hectares) 166.3 hectares
Population 539
Male Population 266
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Prankapa compares

By the 2011 count Prankapa is the 186th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 166.3 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Prankapa

Prankapa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Prankapa 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Prankapa from other places

Prankapa lies about 32 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 52 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 Prankapa
Tehsil headquarters Pandariya 13 km
Nearest town Mungeli 22 km
District headquarters Kabeerdham 32 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 52 km

Villages closest to Prankapa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Prankapa village had a population of 539. That makes it the 186th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Prankapa village has 266 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Prankapa has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Prankapa is 491559. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Prankapa covers 166.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Prankapa falls under Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Prankapa is Kargi Road, about 52 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 5 - 10 km distance for Prankapa.

Prankapa is about 32 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Prankapa is in Pandariya tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Pandariya is about 13 km away. Mungeli is about 22 km away. Kabeerdham is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sawantpur (under 2 km), Kapadah (1.9 km) and Narauli (2.4 km).

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

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