About Kachnar Village

Kachnar is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,693, made up of 838 males and 855 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 488.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kachnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kachnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494221
Area (hectares)	488.66 hectares
Population	1,693
Male Population	838
Female Population	855
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Kachnar compares

By the 2011 count Kachnar is the 29th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 488.66 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Kachnar

Kachnar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Kachnar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Kachnar from other places

Kachnar lies about 8.3 km from Bastar. 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 Kachnar
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	8.3 km
District headquarters	Bastar	8.3 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	10 km

Villages closest to Kachnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Kachnar village had a population of 1,693. That makes it the 29th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Kachnar village has 838 males and 855 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kachnar has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Kachnar is 494221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kachnar covers 488.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Kachnar falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

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

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Kachnar.

Kachnar is about 8.3 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kachnar is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 8.3 km away. Bastar is about 8.3 km away. Jagdalpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.