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About Durumgarh Village

Durumgarh is a mid sized village in Bilaigarh tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 833, made up of 446 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497335, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Durumgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Durumgarh village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Bilaigarh
Pincode 497335
Area (hectares) 278.77 hectares
Population 833
Male Population 446
Female Population 387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Durumgarh compares

By the 2011 count Durumgarh is the 97th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 278.77 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Durumgarh

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

Durumgarh lies about 126 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, 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 Durumgarh
Tehsil headquarters Bilaigarh 5.1 km
Nearest railway station Baradwar 38 km
Nearest town Jānjgīr 41 km
District headquarters Raipur 126 km

Villages closest to Durumgarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Durumgarh village had a population of 833. That makes it the 97th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Durumgarh village has 446 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Durumgarh has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Durumgarh is 497335. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Durumgarh covers 278.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Durumgarh falls under Bilaigarh tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Durumgarh is Baradwar, 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 <5 km distance for Durumgarh.

Durumgarh is about 126 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Durumgarh is in Bilaigarh tehsil of Raipur district. Bilaigarh is about 5.1 km away. Baradwar is about 38 km away. Jānjgīr is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belha (under 2 km), Tendumudi (under 2 km) and Mahuldih (under 2 km).

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

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