About Dashpur Village

Dashpur is a mid sized village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,756, made up of 825 males and 931 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dashpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dashpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Kanker
Pincode	494334
Area (hectares)	420.17 hectares
Population	1,756
Male Population	825
Female Population	931
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,128
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Dashpur compares

By the 2011 count Dashpur is the 9th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 420.17 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Dashpur

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

Dashpur lies about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 47 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 Dashpur
Tehsil headquarters	Kanker	4.9 km
Nearest town	Kānker	4.9 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	32 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	47 km

Villages closest to Dashpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanker 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 Dashpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Dashpur village had a population of 1,756. That makes it the 9th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Dashpur village has 825 males and 931 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dashpur has about 1128 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Dashpur is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dashpur covers 420.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dashpur falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dashpur is Antagarh, about 47 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 Dashpur.

Dashpur 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.

Dashpur is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 4.9 km away. Kānker is about 4.9 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.