About Bhanpuri Village

Bhanpuri is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 866, made up of 428 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhanpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhanpuri village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Charama
Pincode	494337
Area (hectares)	338.49 hectares
Population	866
Male Population	428
Female Population	438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhanpuri compares

By the 2011 count Bhanpuri is the 53rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 338.49 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Bhanpuri

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

Bhanpuri lies about 39 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 27 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 Bhanpuri
Tehsil headquarters	Charama	17 km
Nearest town	Kānker	23 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	27 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	39 km

Villages closest to Bhanpuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhanpuri village had a population of 866. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Bhanpuri village has 428 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhanpuri has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Bhanpuri is 494337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhanpuri covers 338.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bhanpuri falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhanpuri is Dhamtari, about 27 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 10+ km distance for Bhanpuri.

Bhanpuri is about 39 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.

Bhanpuri is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Charama is about 17 km away. Kānker is about 23 km away. Dhamtari is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.