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About Dumarkot Village

Dumarkot 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 782, made up of 379 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 542.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dumarkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dumarkot village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 494670
Area (hectares) 542.74 hectares
Population 782
Male Population 379
Female Population 403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,063
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dumarkot compares

By the 2011 count Dumarkot is the 39th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 542.74 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Dumarkot

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

Dumarkot lies about 12 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 16 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 Dumarkot
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 12 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 18 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 29 km

Villages closest to Dumarkot

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 Dumarkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Dumarkot village had a population of 782. That makes it the 39th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Dumarkot village has 379 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dumarkot has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1044.

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

Dumarkot covers 542.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Dumarkot is Gudum, about 16 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 Dumarkot.

Dumarkot is about 12 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.

Dumarkot is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 12 km away. Gudum is about 16 km away. Bhanupratappur 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 Baijanpuri (1.8 km), Kanechur (2.8 km) and Narsinghpur (2.9 km).

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

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