About Erko Village

Erko is a mid sized village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 551, made up of 265 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 301.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Erko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Erko village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Narayanpur
Tehsil	Narayanpur
Pincode	494661
Area (hectares)	301.46 hectares
Population	551
Male Population	265
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Erko compares

By the 2011 count Erko is the 51st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 478 residents. Its 301.46 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1025.

Getting to Erko

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

Erko lies about 8.9 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 38 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 Erko
Tehsil headquarters	Narayanpur	8.9 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	8.9 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	38 km

Villages closest to Erko

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.

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Common questions about Erko

As per the Census of India 2011, Erko village had a population of 551. That makes it the 51st largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 478 residents.

Erko village has 265 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Erko has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

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

Erko covers 301.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Erko falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Erko is Antagarh, about 38 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 10+ km distance for Erko.

Erko is about 8.9 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Erko is in Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district. Narayanpur is about 8.9 km away. Nārāinpur is about 8.9 km away. Antagarh is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.