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About Brandawan Village

Brandawan is a mid sized village in Premnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,013, made up of 523 males and 490 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 632.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Brandawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Brandawan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Premnagar
Pincode 497116
Area (hectares) 632.82 hectares
Population 1,013
Male Population 523
Female Population 490
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Brandawan compares

By the 2011 count Brandawan is the 25th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 632.82 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Brandawan

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

Brandawan lies about 39 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 31 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 Brandawan
Tehsil headquarters Premnagar 21 km
Nearest railway station Bishrampur 31 km
Nearest town Surajpur 34 km
District headquarters Surguja 39 km

Villages closest to Brandawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Brandawan village had a population of 1,013. That makes it the 25th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Brandawan village has 523 males and 490 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Brandawan has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Brandawan is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Brandawan covers 632.82 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.

Brandawan falls under Premnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Brandawan is Bishrampur, about 31 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 Brandawan.

Brandawan is about 39 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Brandawan is in Premnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Premnagar is about 21 km away. Bishrampur is about 31 km away. Surajpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salka (6.1 km), Maheshpur (11 km) and Jaipur (12 km).

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

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