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About Baijanpuri Village

Baijanpuri is a mid sized village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,666, made up of 837 males and 829 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 614.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baijanpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baijanpuri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 494670
Area (hectares) 614.03 hectares
Population 1,666
Male Population 837
Female Population 829
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baijanpuri compares

By the 2011 count Baijanpuri is the 9th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 614.03 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Baijanpuri

Baijanpuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baijanpuri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Baijanpuri from other places

Baijanpuri lies about 10 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 18 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 Baijanpuri
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 17 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 18 km
Nearest town Kānker 29 km

Villages closest to Baijanpuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baijanpuri village had a population of 1,666. That makes it the 9th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Baijanpuri village has 837 males and 829 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baijanpuri has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Baijanpuri is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baijanpuri covers 614.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baijanpuri falls under Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Baijanpuri is Gudum, about 18 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 - 10 km distance for Baijanpuri.

Baijanpuri is about 10 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.

Baijanpuri is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 10 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 17 km away. Gudum is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dumarkot (1.8 km), Selegondi (2.2 km) and Kanechur (2.5 km).

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

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