About Petgaon Village

Petgaon is a large village in Sindewahi tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,662, made up of 1,294 males and 1,368 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 465 hectares hectares.

Petgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Petgaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Sindewahi
Area (hectares)	465 hectares
Population	2,662
Male Population	1,294
Female Population	1,368
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Petgaon compares

By the 2011 count Petgaon is the 10th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents. Its 465 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Petgaon

Petgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Petgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Petgaon from other places

Petgaon lies about 46 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Rajoli, about 4.3 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 Petgaon
Nearest railway station	Rajoli	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sindewahi	10 km
Nearest town	Mūl	14 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	46 km

Villages closest to Petgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Petgaon village had a population of 2,662. That makes it the 10th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents.

Petgaon village has 1,294 males and 1,368 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Petgaon has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Petgaon covers 465 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Petgaon falls under Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Petgaon is Rajoli, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Petgaon.

Petgaon is about 46 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Petgaon is in Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district. Rajoli is about 4.3 km away. Sindewahi is about 10 km away. Mūl is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.