About Berkot Village

Berkot is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 317, made up of 157 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Berkot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Berkot village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	495224
Area (hectares)	40.72 hectares
Population	317
Male Population	157
Female Population	160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Berkot compares

By the 2011 count Berkot is the 176th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 40.72 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Berkot

Berkot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Berkot as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Berkot from other places

Berkot lies about 53 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, 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 Berkot
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	37 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	53 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	56 km

Villages closest to Berkot

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

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Common questions about Berkot

As per the Census of India 2011, Berkot village had a population of 317. That makes it the 176th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Berkot village has 157 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Berkot has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Berkot is 495224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Berkot covers 40.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Berkot falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Berkot is Antagarh, 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 10+ km distance for Berkot.

Berkot is about 53 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.

Berkot is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 19 km away. Antagarh is about 37 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.