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About Rode Village

Rode is a small village in Kanker tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 204 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494670, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rode Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rode village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494670
Area (hectares) 241.93 hectares
Population 434
Male Population 204
Female Population 230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,127
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rode compares

By the 2011 count Rode is the 72nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 241.93 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 1036.

Getting to Rode

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

Rode lies about 16 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 32 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 Rode
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 12 km
Nearest town Kānker 12 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 16 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 32 km

Villages closest to Rode

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.

Common questions about Rode

As per the Census of India 2011, Rode village had a population of 434. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Rode village has 204 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rode has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

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

Rode covers 241.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Rode is Keoti, about 32 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 Rode.

Rode is about 16 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.

Rode is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 12 km away. Kānker is about 12 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kanharpuri (under 2 km), Kurishtikur (2.2 km) and Albeda (2.3 km).

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

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