About Degan Village

Degan is a small village in Kantabanji tehsil, in the district of Balangir, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 202 males and 179 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 767040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Degan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Degan village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Balangir
Tehsil	Kantabanji
Pincode	767040
Area (hectares)	128 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	202
Female Population	179
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Degan compares

By the 2011 count Degan is the 32nd largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 3.0 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 1017.

Getting to Degan

Degan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Degan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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. The nearest villages by name are Barajura, Beherensilet, Chatuanka and Chaulsukha. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Degan

As per the Census of India 2011, Degan village had a population of 381. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Degan village has 202 males and 179 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Degan has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Degan is 767040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Degan covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Degan falls under Kantabanji tehsil of Balangir district in Odisha.

The census record for Degan notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Degan is in Kantabanji tehsil of Balangir district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.