About Eragaon Village

Eragaon is a mid sized village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 542, made up of 258 males and 284 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 358.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494635, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Eragaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Eragaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Durgkondal
Pincode	494635
Area (hectares)	358.22 hectares
Population	542
Male Population	258
Female Population	284
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Eragaon compares

By the 2011 count Eragaon is the 44th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 358.22 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Eragaon

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

Eragaon lies about 18 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 7.0 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 Eragaon
Nearest railway station	Gudum	7.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Durgkondal	18 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	18 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	23 km

Villages closest to Eragaon

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 Eragaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Eragaon village had a population of 542. That makes it the 44th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Eragaon village has 258 males and 284 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Eragaon has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Eragaon is 494635. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Eragaon covers 358.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Eragaon is Gudum, about 7.0 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 Eragaon.

Eragaon is about 18 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.

Eragaon is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Gudum is about 7.0 km away. Durgkondal is about 18 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.