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About Bandbod Village

Bandbod is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 672, made up of 326 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bandbod Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bandbod village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491881
Area (hectares) 343.46 hectares
Population 672
Male Population 326
Female Population 346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,061
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bandbod compares

By the 2011 count Bandbod is the 108th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 343.46 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Bandbod

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

Bandbod lies about 28 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 13 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 Bandbod
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 13 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Khairagarh 19 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 28 km

Villages closest to Bandbod

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bandbod village had a population of 672. That makes it the 108th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Bandbod village has 326 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bandbod has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Bandbod is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bandbod covers 343.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bandbod falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bandbod is Jatkanhar, about 13 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 Bandbod.

Bandbod is about 28 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bandbod is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 13 km away. Dongargarh is about 16 km away. Khairagarh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhandarpur (1.6 km), Karela Purana (2.5 km) and Daihan (2.6 km).

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

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