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About Chilat Village

Chilat is a small village in Naina Devi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 67 males and 55 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 821 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chilat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilat village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Naina Devi
Pincode 174201
Area (hectares) 44.86 hectares
Population 122
Male Population 67
Female Population 55
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 821
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chilat compares

By the 2011 count Chilat is the 109th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 320 residents. Its 44.86 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Chilat

Chilat is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chilat as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chilat from other places

Chilat lies about 7.2 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Gatora, about 3.7 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 Chilat
Nearest railway station Gatora 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Naina Devi 7.2 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 7.2 km
Nearest town Bilāspur 7.2 km

Villages closest to Chilat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Naina Devi 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 Chilat

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilat village had a population of 122. That makes it the 109th largest of the 142 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 320 residents.

Chilat village has 67 males and 55 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilat has about 821 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Chilat is 174201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chilat covers 44.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chilat falls under Naina Devi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chilat is Gatora, about 3.7 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chilat.

Chilat is about 7.2 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilat is in Naina Devi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Gatora is about 3.7 km away. Naina Devi is about 7.2 km away. Bilaspur is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khairian (under 2 km), Gara (2.4 km) and Tikri (9.4 km).

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

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