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About Tangar Mahari Village

Tangar Mahari is a mid sized village in Balrampur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,213, made up of 604 males and 609 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 235.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Tangar Mahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Tangar Mahari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Balrampur
Pincode 497107
Area (hectares) 235.23 hectares
Population 1,213
Male Population 604
Female Population 609
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Tangar Mahari compares

By the 2011 count Tangar Mahari is the 27th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 868 residents. Its 235.23 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

Getting to Tangar Mahari

Tangar Mahari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Tangar Mahari 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Tangar Mahari from other places

Tangar Mahari lies about 68 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 57 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 Tangar Mahari
Tehsil headquarters Balrampur 2.9 km
Nearest railway station Barwadih Junction 57 km
Nearest town Garhwa 66 km
District headquarters Surguja 68 km

Villages closest to Tangar Mahari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Balrampur 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 Tangar Mahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Tangar Mahari village had a population of 1,213. That makes it the 27th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 868 residents.

Tangar Mahari village has 604 males and 609 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Tangar Mahari has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 974.

The pincode recorded for Tangar Mahari is 497107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Tangar Mahari covers 235.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Tangar Mahari falls under Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Tangar Mahari is Barwadih Junction, about 57 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Tangar Mahari.

Tangar Mahari is about 68 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Tangar Mahari is in Balrampur tehsil of Surguja district. Balrampur is about 2.9 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 57 km away. Garhwa is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dahejwar (under 2 km), Jamua Tand (under 2 km) and Sarnadih (under 2 km).

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

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