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About Viyas Kongera Village

Viyas Kongera 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 1,517, made up of 713 males and 804 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,128 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1054.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Viyas Kongera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Viyas Kongera village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Kanker
Pincode 491337
Area (hectares) 1054.65 hectares
Population 1,517
Male Population 713
Female Population 804
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,128
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Viyas Kongera compares

By the 2011 count Viyas Kongera is the 16th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 881 residents. Its 1054.65 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Viyas Kongera

Viyas Kongera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Viyas Kongera 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Viyas Kongera from other places

Viyas Kongera lies about 30 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 43 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 Viyas Kongera
Tehsil headquarters Kanker 6.4 km
Nearest town Kānker 6.4 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 30 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 43 km

Villages closest to Viyas Kongera

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 Viyas Kongera

As per the Census of India 2011, Viyas Kongera village had a population of 1,517. That makes it the 16th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 881 residents.

Viyas Kongera village has 713 males and 804 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Viyas Kongera 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 Viyas Kongera is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Viyas Kongera covers 1054.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Viyas Kongera falls under Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Viyas Kongera is Dhamtari, about 43 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Viyas Kongera.

Viyas Kongera 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.

Viyas Kongera is in Kanker tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kanker is about 6.4 km away. Kānker is about 6.4 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 Hatkongera (under 2 km), Gotpur (under 2 km) and Sidesar (1.9 km).

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

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