About Mendra Village

Mendra is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 865, made up of 480 males and 385 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 802 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5354.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Mendra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Mendra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	491441
Area (hectares)	5354.5 hectares
Population	865
Male Population	480
Female Population	385
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	802
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Mendra compares

By the 2011 count Mendra is the 49th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 5354.5 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Mendra

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

Mendra lies about 48 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 33 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 Mendra
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	21 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	33 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	48 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	60 km

Villages closest to Mendra

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 Mendra

As per the Census of India 2011, Mendra village had a population of 865. That makes it the 49th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Mendra village has 480 males and 385 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Mendra has about 802 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Mendra is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Mendra covers 5354.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Mendra is Keoti, about 33 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 Mendra.

Mendra 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.

Mendra is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 21 km away. Keoti is about 33 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.