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About Pujari Para Village

Pujari Para 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 551, made up of 268 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 555.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pujari Para Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pujari Para village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494670
Area (hectares) 555.39 hectares
Population 551
Male Population 268
Female Population 283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Pujari Para compares

By the 2011 count Pujari Para is the 42nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 555.39 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 Pujari Para

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

Pujari Para lies about 17 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 29 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 Pujari Para
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 17 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 17 km
Nearest town Kānker 18 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 29 km

Villages closest to Pujari Para

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 Pujari Para

As per the Census of India 2011, Pujari Para village had a population of 551. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Pujari Para village has 268 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pujari Para has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Pujari Para is 494670. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pujari Para covers 555.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pujari Para is Gudum, about 29 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 Pujari Para.

Pujari Para is about 17 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.

Pujari Para is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Durgkondal is about 17 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 17 km away. Kānker is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hinganjhar (1.5 km), Gurwandi (3.9 km) and Kodogaon (4.0 km).

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

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