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About Pondi Village

Pondi is a mid sized village in Bharatpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 505, made up of 232 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,177 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280.48 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pondi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Bharatpur
Pincode 497778
Area (hectares) 280.48 hectares
Population 505
Male Population 232
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,177
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pondi compares

By the 2011 count Pondi is the 65th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 512 residents. Its 280.48 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Pondi

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

Pondi lies about 136 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 24 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 Pondi
Tehsil headquarters Bharatpur 18 km
Nearest town Mungeli 21 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 24 km
District headquarters Koriya 136 km

Villages closest to Pondi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pondi village had a population of 505. That makes it the 65th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 512 residents.

Pondi village has 232 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pondi has about 1177 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Pondi is 497778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pondi covers 280.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pondi falls under Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pondi is Kargi Road, about 24 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 Pondi.

Pondi is about 136 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pondi is in Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district. Bharatpur is about 18 km away. Mungeli is about 21 km away. Kargi Road 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 Ondi (under 2 km), Benipura (4.4 km) and Barail (4.8 km).

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

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