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About Dharampur Village

Dharampur is a small village in Chhura tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 81 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,259 females per 1000 males. The village covers 361.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dharampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dharampur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Chhura
Pincode 494661
Area (hectares) 361.08 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 81
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 2,259
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Dharampur compares

By the 2011 count Dharampur is the 132nd largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 694 residents. Its 361.08 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1038.

Getting to Dharampur

Dharampur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Dharampur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Dharampur from other places

Dharampur lies about 78 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 35 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 Dharampur
Tehsil headquarters Chhura 4.4 km
Nearest railway station Bhimkhoj 35 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 39 km
District headquarters Raipur 78 km

Villages closest to Dharampur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dharampur village had a population of 264. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 694 residents.

Dharampur village has 81 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dharampur has about 2259 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1038.

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

Dharampur covers 361.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dharampur falls under Chhura tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dharampur is Bhimkhoj, about 35 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Dharampur.

Dharampur is about 78 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dharampur is in Chhura tehsil of Raipur district. Chhura is about 4.4 km away. Bhimkhoj is about 35 km away. Mahāsamund is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharkhara (under 2 km), Rajpur (1.7 km) and Chhatarpur (2.5 km).

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

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