About Choknar Village

Choknar is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 759, made up of 354 males and 405 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 535.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Choknar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Choknar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494224
Area (hectares)	535.75 hectares
Population	759
Male Population	354
Female Population	405
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,144
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Choknar compares

By the 2011 count Choknar is the 76th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 535.75 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Choknar

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

Choknar lies about 25 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Jagdalpur, about 38 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 Choknar
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	25 km
District headquarters	Bastar	25 km
Nearest town	Umarkot	34 km
Nearest railway station	Jagdalpur	38 km

Villages closest to Choknar

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 Choknar

As per the Census of India 2011, Choknar village had a population of 759. That makes it the 76th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Choknar village has 354 males and 405 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Choknar has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Choknar is 494224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Choknar covers 535.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Choknar falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Choknar is Jagdalpur, about 38 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Choknar.

Choknar is about 25 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Choknar is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 25 km away. Bastar is about 25 km away. Umarkot is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.