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About Bijnapur Village

Bijnapur is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,213, made up of 639 males and 574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 442.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bijnapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bijnapur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 442.12 hectares
Population 1,213
Male Population 639
Female Population 574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bijnapur compares

By the 2011 count Bijnapur is the 47th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 442.12 hectares work out to about 2.7 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 1017.

Getting to Bijnapur

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

Bijnapur lies about 23 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 11 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 Bijnapur
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 16 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 23 km

Villages closest to Bijnapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bijnapur village had a population of 1,213. That makes it the 47th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Bijnapur village has 639 males and 574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bijnapur has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Bijnapur is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bijnapur covers 442.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bijnapur falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bijnapur is Jatkanhar, about 11 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 Bijnapur.

Bijnapur is about 23 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bijnapur is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 11 km away. Dongargarh is about 16 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Seoni Kalan (1.6 km), Tendu Bhatha (1.7 km) and Bundhan Chhapar (2.2 km).

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

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