About Mechanar Village

Mechanar is a small village in Antagarh tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 331, made up of 159 males and 172 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,082 females per 1000 males. The village covers 279.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mechanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mechanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Antagarh
Pincode	494665
Area (hectares)	279.34 hectares
Population	331
Male Population	159
Female Population	172
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,082
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mechanar compares

By the 2011 count Mechanar is the 84th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 380 residents. Its 279.34 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1018.

Getting to Mechanar

Mechanar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Mechanar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Mechanar from other places

Mechanar lies about 46 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker. 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 Mechanar
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Antagarh	31 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	46 km

Villages closest to Mechanar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Mechanar village had a population of 331. That makes it the 84th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 380 residents.

Mechanar village has 159 males and 172 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mechanar has about 1082 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Mechanar is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mechanar covers 279.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Mechanar falls under Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Mechanar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Mechanar.

Mechanar is about 46 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Mechanar is in Antagarh tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Nārāinpur is about 19 km away. Antagarh is about 31 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.