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About Chinnagelur Village

Chinnagelur is a small village in Usur tehsil, in the district of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 486, made up of 218 males and 268 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,229 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491881, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chinnagelur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chinnagelur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bijapur
Tehsil Usur
Pincode 491881
Area (hectares) 312.03 hectares
Population 486
Male Population 218
Female Population 268
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,229
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chinnagelur compares

By the 2011 count Chinnagelur is the 36th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 453 residents. Its 312.03 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1021.

Getting to Chinnagelur

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

Chinnagelur lies about 39 km from Bijapur, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 36 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 Chinnagelur
Tehsil headquarters Usur 23 km
Nearest railway station Kirandul 36 km
District headquarters Bijapur 39 km
Nearest town Bacheli 40 km

Villages closest to Chinnagelur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chinnagelur village had a population of 486. That makes it the 36th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 453 residents.

Chinnagelur village has 218 males and 268 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chinnagelur has about 1229 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Chinnagelur is 491881. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chinnagelur covers 312.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chinnagelur falls under Usur tehsil of Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chinnagelur is Kirandul, about 36 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 Chinnagelur.

Chinnagelur is about 39 km from Bijapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chinnagelur is in Usur tehsil of Bijapur district. Usur is about 23 km away. Kirandul is about 36 km away. Bijapur is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tarrem (2.1 km), Gundam (3.1 km) and Chutwahi (6.4 km).

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

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