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About Sihari Village

Sihari 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 567, made up of 268 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,116 females per 1000 males. The village covers 715.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Sihari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Sihari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 715.01 hectares
Population 567
Male Population 268
Female Population 299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,116
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Sihari compares

By the 2011 count Sihari is the 40th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 715.01 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Sihari

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

Sihari lies about 30 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, 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 Sihari
Nearest railway station Keoti 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 30 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 30 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 46 km

Villages closest to Sihari

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 Sihari

As per the Census of India 2011, Sihari village had a population of 567. That makes it the 40th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Sihari village has 268 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Sihari has about 1116 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Sihari covers 715.01 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Sihari is Keoti, 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 - 10 km distance for Sihari.

Sihari is about 30 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.

Sihari is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Keoti is about 14 km away. Durgkondal is about 30 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Newari (2.0 km), Palachur (2.5 km) and Diyagaon (2.6 km).

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

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