About Chingnar Village

Chingnar is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,204, made up of 602 males and 602 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1455 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chingnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chingnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Farasgaon
Pincode	494122
Area (hectares)	1455 hectares
Population	1,204
Male Population	602
Female Population	602
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chingnar compares

By the 2011 count Chingnar is the 20th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 1455 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Chingnar

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

Chingnar lies about 82 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 48 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 Chingnar
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Farasgaon	26 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	48 km
District headquarters	Bastar	82 km

Villages closest to Chingnar

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 Chingnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chingnar village had a population of 1,204. That makes it the 20th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Chingnar village has 602 males and 602 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chingnar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Chingnar is 494122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chingnar covers 1455 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chingnar falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chingnar is Antagarh, about 48 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 Chingnar.

Chingnar is about 82 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chingnar is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 19 km away. Farasgaon is about 26 km away. Antagarh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.