About Paurkheda Village

Paurkheda 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 596, made up of 294 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,027 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1075.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Paurkheda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Paurkheda village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Durgkondal
Pincode	494669
Area (hectares)	1075.95 hectares
Population	596
Male Population	294
Female Population	302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,027
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Paurkheda compares

By the 2011 count Paurkheda is the 33rd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 1075.95 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1009.

Getting to Paurkheda

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

Paurkheda lies about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 17 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 Paurkheda
Nearest railway station	Keoti	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Durgkondal	32 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	32 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	53 km

Villages closest to Paurkheda

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 Paurkheda

As per the Census of India 2011, Paurkheda village had a population of 596. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Paurkheda village has 294 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Paurkheda has about 1027 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Paurkheda covers 1075.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Paurkheda is Keoti, about 17 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 Paurkheda.

Paurkheda is about 32 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.

Paurkheda is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 17 km away. Durgkondal is about 32 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.