About Cholnar Village

Cholnar is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,469, made up of 737 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 993 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1116.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494556, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cholnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cholnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494556
Area (hectares)	1116.56 hectares
Population	1,469
Male Population	737
Female Population	732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	993
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Cholnar compares

By the 2011 count Cholnar is the 41st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 1116.56 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Cholnar

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

Cholnar lies about 7.5 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 Cholnar
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	7.5 km
District headquarters	Bastar	7.5 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	13 km

Villages closest to Cholnar

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 Cholnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Cholnar village had a population of 1,469. That makes it the 41st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Cholnar village has 737 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cholnar has about 993 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Cholnar is 494556. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cholnar covers 1116.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Cholnar falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Cholnar 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 Cholnar.

Cholnar is about 7.5 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cholnar is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 7.5 km away. Bastar is about 7.5 km away. Jagdalpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.