About Chitaloor Village

Chitaloor is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,367, made up of 673 males and 694 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 760.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitaloor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitaloor village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494001
Area (hectares)	760.2 hectares
Population	1,367
Male Population	673
Female Population	694
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chitaloor compares

By the 2011 count Chitaloor is the 44th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 760.2 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Chitaloor

Chitaloor is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chitaloor 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chitaloor from other places

Chitaloor lies about 22 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 8.2 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 Chitaloor
Nearest railway station	Amagura	8.2 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	22 km
District headquarters	Bastar	22 km

Villages closest to Chitaloor

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 Chitaloor

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitaloor village had a population of 1,367. That makes it the 44th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Chitaloor village has 673 males and 694 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitaloor has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Chitaloor is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitaloor covers 760.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chitaloor falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chitaloor is Amagura, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chitaloor.

Chitaloor is about 22 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitaloor is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 8.2 km away. Jagdalpur is about 13 km away. Bakavand is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.