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About Selegondi Village

Selegondi 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 563, made up of 271 males and 292 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 276.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495330, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Selegondi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Selegondi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Bhanupratappur
Pincode 495330
Area (hectares) 276.35 hectares
Population 563
Male Population 271
Female Population 292
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Selegondi compares

By the 2011 count Selegondi is the 60th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 787 residents. Its 276.35 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1044.

Getting to Selegondi

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

Selegondi lies about 10 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 19 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 Selegondi
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhanupratappur 19 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 19 km
Nearest town Kānker 27 km

Villages closest to Selegondi

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 Selegondi

As per the Census of India 2011, Selegondi village had a population of 563. That makes it the 60th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 787 residents.

Selegondi village has 271 males and 292 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Selegondi has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1044.

The pincode recorded for Selegondi is 495330. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Selegondi covers 276.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Selegondi is Gudum, about 19 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 village for Selegondi.

Selegondi 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.

Selegondi is in Bhanupratappur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 10 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 19 km away. Gudum is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Selegaon (under 2 km), Baijanpuri (2.2 km) and Haranpuri (2.5 km).

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

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