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About Chachalgur Village

Chachalgur is a small village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 353, made up of 188 males and 165 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chachalgur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chachalgur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 311.17 hectares
Population 353
Male Population 188
Female Population 165
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chachalgur compares

By the 2011 count Chachalgur is the 84th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 311.17 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Chachalgur

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

Chachalgur lies about 37 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Nakti Semara, about 19 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 Chachalgur
Nearest railway station Nakti Semara 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 21 km
District headquarters Bastar 37 km

Villages closest to Chachalgur

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

Common questions about Chachalgur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chachalgur village had a population of 353. That makes it the 84th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Chachalgur village has 188 males and 165 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chachalgur has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Chachalgur is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chachalgur covers 311.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chachalgur falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chachalgur is Nakti Semara, about 19 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 village for Chachalgur.

Chachalgur is about 37 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chachalgur is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Nakti Semara is about 19 km away. Jagdalpur is about 21 km away. Bastar is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alkuralis Taipadar (3.6 km), Gudiya (3.8 km) and Kawalikalan (4.3 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chachalgur today is likely to be higher.

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