About Ujala Village

Ujala is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 247, made up of 136 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494771, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ujala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ujala village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494771
Area (hectares)	99.01 hectares
Population	247
Male Population	136
Female Population	111
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ujala compares

By the 2011 count Ujala is the 209th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 99.01 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Ujala

Ujala is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ujala as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Ujala from other places

Ujala lies about 62 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 46 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 Ujala
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	46 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	62 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	66 km

Villages closest to Ujala

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 Ujala

As per the Census of India 2011, Ujala village had a population of 247. That makes it the 209th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Ujala village has 136 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ujala has about 816 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 Ujala is 494771. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ujala covers 99.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Ujala is Keoti, about 46 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 - 10 km distance for Ujala.

Ujala is about 62 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.

Ujala is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 14 km away. Keoti is about 46 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.