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About Pendri Village

Pendri is a mid sized village in Manendragarh tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,458, made up of 748 males and 710 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 803.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pendri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pendri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Manendragarh
Pincode 497442
Area (hectares) 803.41 hectares
Population 1,458
Male Population 748
Female Population 710
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 949
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pendri compares

By the 2011 count Pendri is the 11th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 647 residents. Its 803.41 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Pendri

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

Pendri lies about 61 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Nigaura, about 12 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 Pendri
Nearest railway station Nigaura 12 km
Nearest town Pasan 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Manendragarh 32 km
District headquarters Koriya 61 km

Villages closest to Pendri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Pendri village had a population of 1,458. That makes it the 11th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 647 residents.

Pendri village has 748 males and 710 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pendri has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Pendri is 497442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pendri covers 803.41 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.

Pendri falls under Manendragarh tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pendri is Nigaura, about 12 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 Pendri.

Pendri is about 61 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pendri is in Manendragarh tehsil of Koriya district. Nigaura is about 12 km away. Pasan is about 19 km away. Manendragarh 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 Lohari (7.1 km), Lai (21 km) and Sarola (23 km).

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

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