About Chakla Village

Chakla is a mid sized village in Lormi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 891, made up of 481 males and 410 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145.59 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakla village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Lormi
Pincode	495115
Area (hectares)	145.59 hectares
Population	891
Male Population	481
Female Population	410
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakla compares

By the 2011 count Chakla is the 124th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents. Its 145.59 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Chakla

Chakla is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chakla as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chakla from other places

Chakla lies about 59 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 45 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 Chakla
Tehsil headquarters	Lormi	12 km
Nearest town	Mungeli	20 km
Nearest railway station	Kargi Road	45 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	59 km

Villages closest to Chakla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakla village had a population of 891. That makes it the 124th largest of the 245 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,021 residents.

Chakla village has 481 males and 410 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakla has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Chakla is 495115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakla covers 145.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chakla falls under Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chakla is Kargi Road, about 45 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chakla.

Chakla is about 59 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakla is in Lormi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Lormi is about 12 km away. Mungeli is about 20 km away. Kargi Road is about 45 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.