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About Dhodrapahar Village

Dhodrapahar is a small village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 124 males and 140 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,129 females per 1000 males. The village covers 287.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495556, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Dhodrapahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dhodrapahar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Narharpur
Pincode 495556
Area (hectares) 287.76 hectares
Population 264
Male Population 124
Female Population 140
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,129
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Dhodrapahar compares

By the 2011 count Dhodrapahar is the 108th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 287.76 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1050.

Getting to Dhodrapahar

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

Dhodrapahar lies about 47 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, 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 Dhodrapahar
Tehsil headquarters Narharpur 2.8 km
Nearest town Kānker 24 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 32 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 47 km

Villages closest to Dhodrapahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Dhodrapahar village had a population of 264. That makes it the 108th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Dhodrapahar village has 124 males and 140 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dhodrapahar has about 1129 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Dhodrapahar is 495556. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Dhodrapahar covers 287.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Dhodrapahar falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Dhodrapahar is Dhamtari, 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 village for Dhodrapahar.

Dhodrapahar is about 47 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.

Dhodrapahar is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 2.8 km away. Kānker is about 24 km away. Dhamtari is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khadarwahi (under 2 km), Masulpani (1.7 km) and Rajpur (2.4 km).

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

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