About Dipadih Kalan Village

Dipadih Kalan is a large village in Shankargarh tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,308, made up of 1,249 males and 1,059 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 955.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dipadih Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dipadih Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Shankargarh
Pincode	497118
Area (hectares)	955.65 hectares
Population	2,308
Male Population	1,249
Female Population	1,059
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	848
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dipadih Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Dipadih Kalan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 955.65 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Dipadih Kalan

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

Dipadih Kalan lies about 57 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 62 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 Dipadih Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Shankargarh	5.2 km
District headquarters	Surguja	57 km
Nearest town	Ambikāpur	57 km
Nearest railway station	Ambikapur	62 km

Villages closest to Dipadih Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shankargarh 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 Dipadih Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dipadih Kalan village had a population of 2,308. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Dipadih Kalan village has 1,249 males and 1,059 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dipadih Kalan has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Dipadih Kalan is 497118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dipadih Kalan covers 955.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dipadih Kalan falls under Shankargarh tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dipadih Kalan is Ambikapur, about 62 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 Dipadih Kalan.

Dipadih Kalan is about 57 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dipadih Kalan is in Shankargarh tehsil of Surguja district. Shankargarh is about 5.2 km away. Surguja is about 57 km away. Ambikāpur is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.