About Pakurkal Village

Pakurkal is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 264, made up of 139 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Pakurkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Pakurkal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	200.11 hectares
Population	264
Male Population	139
Female Population	125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Pakurkal compares

By the 2011 count Pakurkal is the 204th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 200.11 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 Pakurkal

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

Pakurkal lies about 82 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 63 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 Pakurkal
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	26 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	63 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	65 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	82 km

Villages closest to Pakurkal

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 Pakurkal

As per the Census of India 2011, Pakurkal village had a population of 264. That makes it the 204th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Pakurkal village has 139 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Pakurkal has about 899 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 Pakurkal is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Pakurkal covers 200.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Pakurkal is Antagarh, about 63 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 Pakurkal.

Pakurkal is about 82 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.

Pakurkal is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 26 km away. Antagarh is about 63 km away. Nārāinpur is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.