About Chargaon Village

Chargaon is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 832, made up of 385 males and 447 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,161 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494665, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494665
Area (hectares)	258.51 hectares
Population	832
Male Population	385
Female Population	447
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,161
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chargaon compares

By the 2011 count Chargaon is the 67th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 258.51 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Chargaon

Chargaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chargaon as Available. 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. The nearest villages by name are Bhiranda, Bhirlinga, Borigaon and Borpadar. 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 Chargaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargaon village had a population of 832. That makes it the 67th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Chargaon village has 385 males and 447 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargaon has about 1161 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Chargaon is 494665. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chargaon covers 258.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chargaon falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Chargaon 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chargaon.

Chargaon is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar 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.