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About Dugabengal Village

Dugabengal is a mid sized village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 615, made up of 390 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 577 females per 1000 males. The village covers 422.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dugabengal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dugabengal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Narayanpur
Tehsil Narayanpur
Pincode 494661
Area (hectares) 422.5 hectares
Population 615
Male Population 390
Female Population 225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 577
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dugabengal compares

By the 2011 count Dugabengal is the 40th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 478 residents. Its 422.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Dugabengal

Dugabengal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dugabengal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Dugabengal from other places

Dugabengal lies about 3.9 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 42 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 Dugabengal
Tehsil headquarters Narayanpur 3.9 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 3.9 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 42 km

Villages closest to Dugabengal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dugabengal village had a population of 615. That makes it the 40th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 478 residents.

Dugabengal village has 390 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dugabengal has about 577 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Dugabengal is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dugabengal covers 422.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dugabengal falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dugabengal is Antagarh, about 42 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 km distance for Dugabengal.

Dugabengal is about 3.9 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dugabengal is in Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district. Narayanpur is about 3.9 km away. Nārāinpur is about 3.9 km away. Antagarh is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Paturbeda (1.9 km), Chiprel (3.5 km) and Garhbengal (3.8 km).

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

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