About Chalka Village

Chalka is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 746, made up of 354 males and 392 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1386.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalka village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494010
Area (hectares)	1386.39 hectares
Population	746
Male Population	354
Female Population	392
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalka compares

By the 2011 count Chalka is the 70th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 1386.39 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Chalka

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

Chalka lies about 66 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 64 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 Chalka
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	19 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	64 km
District headquarters	Bastar	66 km

Villages closest to Chalka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalka village had a population of 746. That makes it the 70th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Chalka village has 354 males and 392 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalka has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Chalka is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalka covers 1386.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chalka falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chalka is Antagarh, about 64 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 Chalka.

Chalka is about 66 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalka is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 19 km away. Antagarh is about 64 km away. Bastar is about 66 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.