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About Rajpur Village

Rajpur is a small village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 377, made up of 179 males and 198 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 328.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Narharpur
Pincode 494222
Area (hectares) 328.46 hectares
Population 377
Male Population 179
Female Population 198
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur is the 100th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 328.46 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 Rajpur

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

Rajpur lies about 48 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 34 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 Rajpur
Tehsil headquarters Narharpur 5.2 km
Nearest town Kānker 24 km
Nearest railway station Dhamtari 34 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 48 km

Villages closest to Rajpur

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 Rajpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur village had a population of 377. That makes it the 100th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Rajpur village has 179 males and 198 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Rajpur is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajpur covers 328.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Rajpur is Dhamtari, about 34 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 Rajpur.

Rajpur is about 48 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.

Rajpur is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 5.2 km away. Kānker is about 24 km away. Dhamtari is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masulpani (under 2 km), Dudumbahara (under 2 km) and Khadarwahi (2.1 km).

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

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