About Bhurke Village

Bhurke is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 409, made up of 222 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 515.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhurke Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhurke village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Durgkondal
Pincode	494669
Area (hectares)	515.19 hectares
Population	409
Male Population	222
Female Population	187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhurke compares

By the 2011 count Bhurke is the 69th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 515.19 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Bhurke

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

Bhurke lies about 10 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 9.9 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 Bhurke
Nearest railway station	Keoti	9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Durgkondal	10 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	10 km
Nearest town	Kānker	35 km

Villages closest to Bhurke

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhurke village had a population of 409. That makes it the 69th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Bhurke village has 222 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhurke has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Bhurke covers 515.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhurke falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhurke is Keoti, about 9.9 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 Bhurke.

Bhurke 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.

Bhurke is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 9.9 km away. Durgkondal is about 10 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.