About Bhakurra Village

Bhakurra is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 696, made up of 367 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 250.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhakurra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhakurra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Chhuriya
Pincode	491558
Area (hectares)	250.82 hectares
Population	696
Male Population	367
Female Population	329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhakurra compares

By the 2011 count Bhakurra is the 118th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 250.82 hectares work out to about 2.8 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 1037.

Getting to Bhakurra

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

Bhakurra lies about 53 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 33 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 Bhakurra
Tehsil headquarters	Chhuriya	12 km
Nearest railway station	Paniajob	33 km
Nearest town	Dongargarh	37 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	53 km

Villages closest to Bhakurra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhakurra village had a population of 696. That makes it the 118th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Bhakurra village has 367 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhakurra has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Bhakurra is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhakurra covers 250.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhakurra falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhakurra is Paniajob, about 33 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 Bhakurra.

Bhakurra is about 53 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhakurra is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 12 km away. Paniajob is about 33 km away. Dongargarh is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.