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About Michgaon Village

Michgaon is a mid sized village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 839, made up of 399 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 523.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Michgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Michgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 523.49 hectares
Population 839
Male Population 399
Female Population 440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Michgaon compares

By the 2011 count Michgaon is the 28th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 523.49 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1025.

Getting to Michgaon

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

Michgaon lies about 90 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 26 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 Michgaon
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 12 km
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 26 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 40 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 90 km

Villages closest to Michgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Michgaon village had a population of 839. That makes it the 28th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Michgaon village has 399 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Michgaon has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Michgaon is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Michgaon covers 523.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Michgaon falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Michgaon is Bhanupratappur, about 26 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 Michgaon.

Michgaon is about 90 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Michgaon is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 12 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 26 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Markeli (1.8 km), Ranwahi (3.7 km) and Kotari (4.3 km).

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

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