About Prakashpur Village

Prakashpur is a small village in Sonhat tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 165, made up of 82 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Prakashpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Prakashpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Sonhat
Pincode	497339
Area (hectares)	95.43 hectares
Population	165
Male Population	82
Female Population	83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Prakashpur compares

By the 2011 count Prakashpur is the 87th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 95.43 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 972.

Getting to Prakashpur

Prakashpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Prakashpur 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. The nearest villages by name are Paradol, Paschimpara, Patthargawan and Pipardand. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Prakashpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Prakashpur village had a population of 165. That makes it the 87th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Prakashpur village has 82 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Prakashpur has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Prakashpur is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Prakashpur covers 95.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Prakashpur falls under Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Prakashpur notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Prakashpur.

Prakashpur is in Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.