About Deotarai Village

Deotarai is a small village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 347, made up of 173 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Deotarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Deotarai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Pithora
Pincode	493555
Area (hectares)	121.31 hectares
Population	347
Male Population	173
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Deotarai compares

By the 2011 count Deotarai is the 195th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 121.31 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Deotarai

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

Deotarai lies about 63 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 54 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 Deotarai
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	30 km
Nearest town	Baloda Bāzār	40 km
Nearest railway station	Bhimkhoj	54 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	63 km

Villages closest to Deotarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Deotarai village had a population of 347. That makes it the 195th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Deotarai village has 173 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Deotarai has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Deotarai is 493555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Deotarai covers 121.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Deotarai falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Deotarai is Bhimkhoj, about 54 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 Deotarai.

Deotarai is about 63 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Deotarai is in Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 30 km away. Baloda Bāzār is about 40 km away. Bhimkhoj is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.