About Cherpal Village

Cherpal is a small village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 381, made up of 214 males and 167 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 780 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cherpal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cherpal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Gidam
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	359.8 hectares
Population	381
Male Population	214
Female Population	167
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	780
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Cherpal compares

By the 2011 count Cherpal is the 51st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 359.8 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

Getting to Cherpal

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

Cherpal lies about 46 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada. 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 Cherpal
Tehsil headquarters	Gidam	21 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	46 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	50 km

Villages closest to Cherpal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cherpal village had a population of 381. That makes it the 51st largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Cherpal village has 214 males and 167 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cherpal has about 780 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1034.

The pincode recorded for Cherpal is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cherpal covers 359.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Cherpal falls under Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Cherpal notes the nearest railway station 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 Cherpal.

Cherpal is about 46 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.

Cherpal is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 21 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 46 km away. Bacheli is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.