Pakhanjur Tehsil - Uttar Bastar Kanker District, Chhattisgarh

Pakhanjur is an administrative tehsil in the Uttar Bastar Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, India. It includes various villages governed through Gram Panchayats and is a key part of the district's rural administration. Pakhanjur is the main town for most villages within the tehsil. The nearest railway station is situated at Dalli Rajhara, while the nearest airport is Jagdalpur Airport, located at an approximate aerial distance of 131.7 km.

The total area of the tehsil is 1,910 km², including 1,899.33 km² rural area and 10.52 km² urban area. The sex ratio is approximately 944 females per 1,000 males.

List of Villages in Pakhanjur Tehsil

Pakhanjur Tehsil has a total of 115 villages. The table below includes all villages in the Tehsil, along with their Gram Panchayat and category details:

Sl. No.	Village Name	Category	Gram Panchayat
1	Aadapharsi	Rural	Laxmipur
2	Aalor	Rural	Aalor
3	Anand Nagar	Rural	Dhorkatta
4	Anjadi	Rural	Ghodagao
5	Anupur	Rural	Durgapur
6	Avadhpur	Rural	Radhanagar
7	Avinash Nagar	Rural	Bhingidar
8	Badejhar Katta	Rural	Badejhadkaha
9	Badekapsi	Rural	Bade Kapsi
10	Badgaon	Rural	Badgaon
11	Baikunthpur	Rural	Baikunthpur
12	Balrampur	Rural	Balrampur
13	Bapu Nagar	Rural	Bapunagar
14	Barda	Rural	Barda
15	Bharatpur	Rural	Pittebhodia
16	Bhingidar	Rural	Bhingidar
17	Bramhapur	Rural	Kalyanpur
18	Budhandand	Rural	Madale
19	Chanakyapuri	Rural	Chanakyapuri
20	Chandanpur	Rural	Chandanpur
21	Chandipur	Rural	Chandipur
22	Chetanyapur	Rural	Laxmipur
23	Chhindpal	Rural	Chindpal
24	Chhotejharkatta	Rural	Madale
25	Chhotekapsi	Rural	Chote Kapshi
26	Deoda	Rural	Satya Nagar
27	Devipur	Rural	Harangarh
28	Devpur	Rural	Devpur
29	Dhorkatta	Rural	Dhorkatta
30	Donde	Rural	Harangarh
31	Dotometa	Rural	Udaypur
32	Durgapur	Rural	Durgapur
33	Dwarkapuri	Rural	Dwarika Puri
34	Ghodagaon	Rural	Ghodagao
35	Ghotiya	Rural	Murawandi
36	Gondahoor	Rural	Gondahoor
37	Govindpur	Rural	Govindpur
38	Hanker	Rural	Hanker
39	Harangarh	Rural	Harangarh
40	Hardaipur	Rural	Hanker
41	Hari Nagar	Rural	Karekatta
42	Hariharpur	Rural	Hariharpur
43	Indraprasth	Rural	Indraprasth
44	Indrapuri	Rural	Shripur
45	Irakbutta	Rural	Irakbutta
46	Jagannathpur	Rural	Penkodo
47	Jaipur	Rural	Jaipur
48	Jaishri Nagar	Rural	Jayshree Nagar
49	Janki Nagar	Rural	Jankinagar
50	Kali Nagar	Rural	Dwarika Puri
51	Kalyanpur	Rural	Kalyanpur
52	Kamalpur	Rural	Koygaw
53	Karekatta	Rural	Karekatta
54	Khairkatta	Rural	Irakbutta
55	Khairkatta Colony	Rural	Irakbutta
56	Khedegaon	Rural	Partapur
57	Koyegaon	Rural	Koygaw
58	Kringalmuspi	Rural	Partapur
59	Krishna Nagar	Rural	Krishna Nagar
60	Kurusbodi	Rural	Gondahoor
61	Lakhanpur	Rural	Lakhanpur
62	Laxmipur	Rural	Laxmipur
63	Madle	Rural	Madale
64	Mahla	Rural	Partapur
65	Mandagaon	Rural	Mandaghav
66	Masoor	Rural	Murawandi
67	Matoli	Rural	Matoli
68	Mayapur	Rural	Mayapur
69	Mendra	Rural	Mendra
70	Murawandi	Rural	Murawandi
71	Murawandi	Rural	Indraprasth
72	Murdonda	Rural	Laxmipur
73	Murjhar	Rural	Ravindranagar
74	Nahgeeda	Rural	Nahangeeda
75	Naveenpalli (P.V. -36)	Rural	Chandipur
76	Nawagondahoor	Rural	Indraprasth
77	Nawanareki	Rural	Hanker
78	Nendgaon	Rural	Partapur
79	Nirde	Rural	Laxmipur
80	Pakhanjur Colony	Urban	Not applicable
81	Pakhanjur Ra	Urban	Not applicable
82	Partapur	Rural	Partapur
83	Penkodo	Rural	Penkodo
84	Pipli	Rural	Badgaon
85	Pitobhodiya	Rural	Pittebhodia
86	Prem Nagar	Rural	Prem Nagar
87	Purshotam Nagar	Rural	Purshotam Nagar
88	Radha Nagar	Rural	Radhanagar
89	Rajendra Nagar	Rural	Satya Nagar
90	Ram Nagar	Rural	Devpur
91	Ramkrishanpur	Rural	Ramkrishanpur
92	Ratanpur	Rural	Pittebhodia
93	Ravindra Nagar	Rural	Ravindranagar
94	Rup Nagar	Rural	Penkodo
95	Satya Nagar	Rural	Satya Nagar
96	Satyanand Nagar	Rural	Chanakyapuri
97	Sham Nagar	Rural	Shyam Nagar
98	Shanti Nagar	Rural	Chandanpur
99	Sharda Nagar	Rural	Devpur
100	Shri Nagar	Rural	Chote Kapshi
101	Shripur	Rural	Shripur
102	Sitapur	Rural	Gondahoor
103	Sohgaon	Rural	Shyam Nagar
104	Subhash Nagar	Rural	Krishna Nagar
105	Thakur Nagar	Rural	Bhingidar
106	Udaiopur	Rural	Udaypur
107	Udumgaon	Rural	Irakbutta
108	Vanshri	Rural	Vanshrinagar
109	Vidhya Nagar	Rural	Asebeda
110	Vishrampur	Rural	Aalor
111	Vivekanand Nagar	Rural	Vivekanandnaghar
112	Warkot	Rural	Partapur
113	Yashwant Nagar	Rural	Yashvantnagar
114	Yesebeda	Rural	Asebeda
115	Yogendra Nagar	Rural	Matoli

Population of Pakhanjur Tehsil

As per the Census 2011, Pakhanjur Tehsil has a total population of 1,71,000 people, consisting of 87,958 males and 83,042 females. There are 34,152 households in the tehsil with an average population density of 90 people per km². The table below shows the rural and urban breakup of population and households:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Total Population	1,71,000	1,60,799	10,201
Male Population	87,958	82,588	5,370
Female Population	83,042	78,211	4,831
Total Households	34,152	31,820	2,332
Population Density	90 / km²	85 / km²	970 / km²

Beyond these basic counts, the tehsil has 98,591 literate people and 26,314 children (0–6 years). The demographic distribution also includes 2,862 from Scheduled Caste (SC) and 59,752 from Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. Detailed rural and urban data for these categories is provided below:

Particulars	Total	Rural	Urban
Child Population (Age 0–6)	26,314	25,107	1,207
Literate Population	98,591	90,779	7,812
Illiterate Population	72,409	70,020	2,389
Scheduled Caste (SC) Population	2,862	2,354	508
Scheduled Tribe (ST) Population	59,752	58,551	1,201

NOTE: Population and area figures shown here are based on Census 2011. Administrative boundaries may have changed, so the figures may include combined values for areas that were reorganized later.

Tehsil Overview
Tehsil (Hindi)	Pakhanjur (पखांजुर)
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
State / UT	Chhattisgarh
Railway Station	Dalli Rajhara
Total Area	1,910 km²
Sex Ratio (2011)	944
Total Population (2011)	1,71,000
Density	90/km²
Total Villages	115

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