About Chanan Village

Chanan is a large village in Salkhua tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,958, made up of 2,094 males and 1,864 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 698.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 852106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Salkhua
Pincode	852106
Area (hectares)	698.46 hectares
Population	3,958
Male Population	2,094
Female Population	1,864
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
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 Chanan compares

By the 2011 count Chanan is the 15th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 698.46 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

Getting to Chanan

Chanan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chanan 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chanan from other places

Chanan lies about 20 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 9.0 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 Chanan
Nearest railway station	Simri Bakhtiyarpur	9.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Salkhua	11 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	17 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	20 km

Villages closest to Chanan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanan village had a population of 3,958. That makes it the 15th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Chanan village has 2,094 males and 1,864 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanan has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 890.

The pincode recorded for Chanan is 852106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanan covers 698.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanan falls under Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chanan is Simri Bakhtiyarpur, about 9.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chanan.

Chanan is about 20 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanan is in Salkhua tehsil of Saharsa district. Simri Bakhtiyarpur is about 9.0 km away. Salkhua is about 11 km away. Bangaon is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.