About Charkai Village

Charkai is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,064, made up of 512 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,078 females per 1000 males. The village covers 653.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charkai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charkai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494229
Area (hectares)	653.67 hectares
Population	1,064
Male Population	512
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,078
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Charkai compares

By the 2011 count Charkai is the 30th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 653.67 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Charkai

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

How far is Charkai from other places

Charkai lies about 69 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 69 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 Charkai
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	11 km
Nearest town	Kondagaon	22 km
District headquarters	Bastar	69 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	69 km

Villages closest to Charkai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Charkai village had a population of 1,064. That makes it the 30th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Charkai village has 512 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charkai has about 1078 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Charkai is 494229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charkai covers 653.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Charkai falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Charkai is Antagarh, about 69 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 5 - 10 km distance for Charkai.

Charkai is about 69 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charkai is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 11 km away. Kondagaon is about 22 km away. Bastar is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.