About Parkom Village

Parkom is a mid sized village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 980, made up of 474 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Parkom Overview

Census 2011 figures for Parkom village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	399.1 hectares
Population	980
Male Population	474
Female Population	506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,068
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Parkom compares

By the 2011 count Parkom is the 53rd largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 399.1 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Parkom

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

Parkom lies about 48 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Khariar Road, about 5.5 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 Parkom
Nearest railway station	Khariar Road	5.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	23 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	48 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	48 km

Villages closest to Parkom

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Parkom village had a population of 980. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Parkom village has 474 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Parkom has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Parkom is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Parkom covers 399.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Parkom falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Parkom is Khariar Road, about 5.5 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 Parkom.

Parkom is about 48 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Parkom is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Khariar Road is about 5.5 km away. Bagbahra is about 23 km away. Mahasamund is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.