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About Pangri Kalan Village

Pangri Kalan is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 898, made up of 430 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,088 females per 1000 males. The village covers 473.89 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pangri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pangri Kalan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 473.89 hectares
Population 898
Male Population 430
Female Population 468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,088
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pangri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Pangri Kalan is the 78th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 473.89 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1037.

Getting to Pangri Kalan

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

Pangri Kalan lies about 26 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, 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 Pangri Kalan
Nearest railway station Bakal 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 24 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 26 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 26 km

Villages closest to Pangri Kalan

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 Pangri Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Pangri Kalan village had a population of 898. That makes it the 78th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Pangri Kalan village has 430 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pangri Kalan has about 1088 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1037.

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

Pangri Kalan covers 473.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Pangri Kalan falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Pangri Kalan is Bakal, 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 Pangri Kalan.

Pangri Kalan is about 26 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Pangri Kalan is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 24 km away. Chhuriya is about 24 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pangri Khurd (under 2 km), Deori (under 2 km) and Kanharpuri (1.9 km).

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

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