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About Chhindnar Village

Chhindnar is a mid sized village in Gidam tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,390, made up of 744 males and 646 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 988.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhindnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhindnar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil Gidam
Pincode 494441
Area (hectares) 988.51 hectares
Population 1,390
Male Population 744
Female Population 646
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 868
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhindnar compares

By the 2011 count Chhindnar is the 15th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 992 residents. Its 988.51 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 Chhindnar

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

Chhindnar lies about 39 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 Chhindnar
Tehsil headquarters Gidam 14 km
District headquarters Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 39 km
Nearest town Bacheli 43 km

Villages closest to Chhindnar

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.

Common questions about Chhindnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhindnar village had a population of 1,390. That makes it the 15th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 992 residents.

Chhindnar village has 744 males and 646 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhindnar has about 868 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 Chhindnar is 494441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhindnar covers 988.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The census record for Chhindnar 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 Chhindnar.

Chhindnar is about 39 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.

Chhindnar is in Gidam tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Gidam is about 14 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 39 km away. Bacheli is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Korlapal (2.3 km), Salnar (2.6 km) and Kasoli (2.9 km).

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

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