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About Hinganpuri Village

Hinganpuri is a small village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 79 males and 83 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Hinganpuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Hinganpuri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 249.09 hectares
Population 162
Male Population 79
Female Population 83
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Hinganpuri compares

By the 2011 count Hinganpuri is the 123rd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 249.09 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 Hinganpuri

Hinganpuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Hinganpuri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Hinganpuri from other places

Hinganpuri lies about 31 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 14 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 Hinganpuri
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 31 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 31 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 37 km

Villages closest to Hinganpuri

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.

Common questions about Hinganpuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Hinganpuri village had a population of 162. That makes it the 123rd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Hinganpuri village has 79 males and 83 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Hinganpuri has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Hinganpuri covers 249.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Hinganpuri is Bhanupratappur, about 14 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 km distance for Hinganpuri.

Hinganpuri is about 31 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.

Hinganpuri is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Bhanupratappur is about 14 km away. Durgkondal is about 31 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chemal (under 2 km), Gulalbodi (1.5 km) and Adgud (2.2 km).

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

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