About Degaon Village

Degaon is a mid sized village in Kesinga tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,547, made up of 737 males and 810 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 548 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Degaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Degaon village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Kesinga
Pincode	766011
Area (hectares)	548 hectares
Population	1,547
Male Population	737
Female Population	810
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Degaon compares

By the 2011 count Degaon is the 25th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents. Its 548 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Degaon

Degaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Degaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Degaon from other places

Degaon lies about 19 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Mahipur, about 17 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 Degaon
Nearest railway station	Mahipur	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kesinga	19 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	19 km
Nearest town	Bhanjanagar	39 km

Villages closest to Degaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Degaon village had a population of 1,547. That makes it the 25th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,005 residents.

Degaon village has 737 males and 810 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Degaon has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Degaon is 766011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Degaon covers 548 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Degaon falls under Kesinga tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Degaon is Mahipur, about 17 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Degaon.

Degaon is about 19 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Degaon is in Kesinga tehsil of Kalahandi district. Mahipur is about 17 km away. Kesinga is about 19 km away. Kalahandi is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.