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About Birkondal Village

Birkondal is a small village in Bhanupratappur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 323, made up of 157 males and 166 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 576.08 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Birkondal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Birkondal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 576.08 hectares
Population 323
Male Population 157
Female Population 166
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,057
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Birkondal compares

By the 2011 count Birkondal is the 90th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 576.08 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Birkondal

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

Birkondal lies about 20 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 7.1 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 Birkondal
Nearest railway station Keoti 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 16 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 20 km
Nearest town Kānker 46 km

Villages closest to Birkondal

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 Birkondal

As per the Census of India 2011, Birkondal village had a population of 323. That makes it the 90th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Birkondal village has 157 males and 166 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Birkondal has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Birkondal is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Birkondal covers 576.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Birkondal is Keoti, about 7.1 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 Birkondal.

Birkondal is about 20 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.

Birkondal is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 7.1 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 16 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alawarkhurd (2.1 km), Sonekanhar (2.9 km) and Alawarkalan (3.3 km).

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

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