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About Panduka Village

Panduka is a small village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 445, made up of 223 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Panduka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Panduka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 179.61 hectares
Population 445
Male Population 223
Female Population 222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 996
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Panduka compares

By the 2011 count Panduka is the 169th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 179.61 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Panduka

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

Panduka lies about 29 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Musra, about 23 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 Panduka
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 17 km
Nearest railway station Musra 23 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 25 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 29 km

Villages closest to Panduka

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.

Common questions about Panduka

As per the Census of India 2011, Panduka village had a population of 445. That makes it the 169th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Panduka village has 223 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Panduka has about 996 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Panduka is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Panduka covers 179.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Panduka falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Panduka is Musra, about 23 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 Panduka.

Panduka is about 29 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Panduka is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 17 km away. Musra is about 23 km away. Dongargarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Atargaon (under 2 km), Tumdi Lewa (1.5 km) and Laxman Bharda (2.3 km).

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

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