About Bilhari Village

Bilhari is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,573, made up of 790 males and 783 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bilhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bilhari village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	535.75 hectares
Population	1,573
Male Population	790
Female Population	783
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bilhari compares

By the 2011 count Bilhari is the 30th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 535.75 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Bilhari

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

Bilhari lies about 20 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 16 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 Bilhari
Nearest railway station	Bakal	16 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	20 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	25 km

Villages closest to Bilhari

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.

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Common questions about Bilhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Bilhari village had a population of 1,573. That makes it the 30th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Bilhari village has 790 males and 783 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bilhari has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1017.

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

Bilhari covers 535.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bilhari falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bilhari is Bakal, about 16 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 Bilhari.

Bilhari is about 20 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bilhari is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Bakal is about 16 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 20 km away. Rāj-Nāndgaon is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.