About Podapali Village

Podapali is a small village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 266, made up of 124 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,145 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Podapali Overview

Census 2011 figures for Podapali village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	213.59 hectares
Population	266
Male Population	124
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,145
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Podapali compares

By the 2011 count Podapali is the 197th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 213.59 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1018.

Getting to Podapali

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

Podapali lies about 103 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 63 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 Podapali
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	63 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	103 km

Villages closest to Podapali

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Podapali village had a population of 266. That makes it the 197th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Podapali village has 124 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Podapali has about 1145 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Podapali is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Podapali covers 213.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Podapali falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Podapali is Barpali, about 63 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 Podapali.

Podapali is about 103 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Podapali is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 10 km away. Barpali is about 63 km away. Mahasamund is about 103 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.