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About Daihan Village

Daihan is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 644, made up of 316 males and 328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,038 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Daihan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Daihan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Khairagarh
Pincode 491881
Area (hectares) 239.35 hectares
Population 644
Male Population 316
Female Population 328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,038
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Daihan compares

By the 2011 count Daihan is the 116th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 239.35 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Daihan

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

Daihan lies about 29 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 15 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 Daihan
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Khairagarh 16 km
Nearest town Khairāgarh 16 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 29 km

Villages closest to Daihan

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 Daihan

As per the Census of India 2011, Daihan village had a population of 644. That makes it the 116th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Daihan village has 316 males and 328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Daihan has about 1038 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1027.

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

Daihan covers 239.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Daihan falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Daihan is Jatkanhar, about 15 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 Daihan.

Daihan 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.

Daihan is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 15 km away. Khairagarh is about 16 km away. Khairāgarh is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Parsahi (under 2 km), Parasbod (under 2 km) and Bhandarpur (1.7 km).

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

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