About Chalan Village

Chalan is a mid sized village in Mungeli tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 539, made up of 283 males and 256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 905 females per 1000 males. The village covers 211.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Mungeli
Pincode	495334
Area (hectares)	211.58 hectares
Population	539
Male Population	283
Female Population	256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	905
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalan compares

By the 2011 count Chalan is the 128th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 830 residents. Its 211.58 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chalan

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

Chalan lies about 54 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 47 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 Chalan
Tehsil headquarters	Mungeli	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Belha	47 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	54 km

Villages closest to Chalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalan village had a population of 539. That makes it the 128th largest of the 230 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 830 residents.

Chalan village has 283 males and 256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalan has about 905 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 975.

The pincode recorded for Chalan is 495334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalan covers 211.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chalan falls under Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chalan is Belha, about 47 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 Chalan.

Chalan is about 54 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalan is in Mungeli tehsil of Bilaspur district. Mungeli is about 5.2 km away. Belha is about 47 km away. Bilaspur is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.