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About Chandenar Village

Chandenar is a mid sized village in Dantewada tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,435, made up of 691 males and 744 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandenar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandenar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Dantewada
Pincode 494551
Area (hectares) 83.94 hectares
Population 1,435
Male Population 691
Female Population 744
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,077
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandenar compares

By the 2011 count Chandenar is the 16th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents. Its 83.94 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1086.

Getting to Chandenar

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

Chandenar lies about 9.5 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 11 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 Chandenar
Tehsil headquarters Dantewada 9.5 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Dantewara 11 km
Nearest town Bacheli 20 km

Villages closest to Chandenar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandenar village had a population of 1,435. That makes it the 16th largest of the 56 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,059 residents.

Chandenar village has 691 males and 744 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandenar has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1086.

The pincode recorded for Chandenar is 494551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandenar covers 83.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chandenar falls under Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chandenar is Dantewara, about 11 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 Chandenar.

Chandenar is about 9.5 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandenar is in Dantewada tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Dantewada is about 9.5 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 9.5 km away. Dantewara is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Netapur (under 2 km), Chhotegodre (2.9 km) and Murki (4.0 km).

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

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