About Cherang Village

Cherang is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 304 males and 308 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 828.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cherang Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cherang village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Kondagaon
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	828.9 hectares
Population	612
Male Population	304
Female Population	308
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Cherang compares

By the 2011 count Cherang is the 95th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 828.9 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1046.

Getting to Cherang

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

Cherang 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 Cherang
Tehsil headquarters	Kondagaon	20 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	64 km
District headquarters	Bastar	66 km

Villages closest to Cherang

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 Cherang

As per the Census of India 2011, Cherang village had a population of 612. That makes it the 95th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Cherang village has 304 males and 308 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cherang has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Cherang is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cherang covers 828.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Cherang falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Cherang 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 10+ km distance for Cherang.

Cherang 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.

Cherang is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 20 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.