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About Chokawada Village

Chokawada is a mid sized village in Jagdalpur tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,532, made up of 760 males and 772 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1211.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chokawada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chokawada village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Jagdalpur
Pincode 494001
Area (hectares) 1211.65 hectares
Population 1,532
Male Population 760
Female Population 772
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,016
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chokawada compares

By the 2011 count Chokawada is the 22nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents. Its 1211.65 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Chokawada

Chokawada is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chokawada as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chokawada from other places

Chokawada lies about 30 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 4.1 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 Chokawada
Nearest railway station Amagura 4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagdalpur 17 km
District headquarters Bastar 30 km

Villages closest to Chokawada

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 Chokawada

As per the Census of India 2011, Chokawada village had a population of 1,532. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,060 residents.

Chokawada village has 760 males and 772 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chokawada has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Chokawada is 494001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chokawada covers 1211.65 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.

Chokawada falls under Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chokawada is Amagura, about 4.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Chokawada.

Chokawada is about 30 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chokawada is in Jagdalpur tehsil of Bastar district. Amagura is about 4.1 km away. Jagdalpur is about 17 km away. Bastar is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kasturi (2.0 km), Nagarnar (3.1 km) and Dhanpunji (3.1 km).

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

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