About Porat Village

Porat is a mid sized village in Baramkela tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 858, made up of 431 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Porat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Porat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Baramkela
Pincode	496554
Area (hectares)	216.23 hectares
Population	858
Male Population	431
Female Population	427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Porat compares

By the 2011 count Porat is the 43rd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 628 residents. Its 216.23 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Porat

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

Porat lies about 20 km from Baramkela, and the nearest railway station is Raigarh, about 24 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 Porat
Tehsil headquarters	Baramkela	20 km
Nearest railway station	Raigarh	24 km

Villages closest to Porat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Porat village had a population of 858. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 211 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 628 residents.

Porat village has 431 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Porat has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Porat is 496554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Porat covers 216.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Porat falls under Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Porat is Raigarh, about 24 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 Porat.

Porat is about 20 km from Baramkela in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Porat is in Baramkela tehsil of Raigarh district. Baramkela is about 20 km away. Raigarh is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.