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About Petoli Village

Petoli 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 993, made up of 487 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,039 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Petoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petoli village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 332.13 hectares
Population 993
Male Population 487
Female Population 506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,039
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Petoli compares

By the 2011 count Petoli is the 34th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 332.13 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Petoli

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

Petoli lies about 22 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 37 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 Petoli
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 11 km
Nearest town Kānker 11 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 22 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 37 km

Villages closest to Petoli

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 Petoli

As per the Census of India 2011, Petoli village had a population of 993. That makes it the 34th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Petoli village has 487 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petoli has about 1039 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1036.

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

Petoli covers 332.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Petoli is Gudum, about 37 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 Petoli.

Petoli is about 22 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.

Petoli is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 11 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pandarwahi (under 2 km), Gaurgaon (1.8 km) and Malaldobri (1.9 km).

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

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