About Cholnar Village

Cholnar is a mid sized village in Kuakonda tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 919, made up of 446 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,061 females per 1000 males. The village covers 591.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494552, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cholnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cholnar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Kuakonda
Pincode	494552
Area (hectares)	591.63 hectares
Population	919
Male Population	446
Female Population	473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,061
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Cholnar compares

By the 2011 count Cholnar is the 19th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 875 residents. Its 591.63 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1100.

Getting to Cholnar

Cholnar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Cholnar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Cholnar from other places

Cholnar lies about 16 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kirandul, about 6.5 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 Cholnar
Nearest railway station	Kirandul	6.5 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	8.7 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kuakonda	18 km

Villages closest to Cholnar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cholnar village had a population of 919. That makes it the 19th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 875 residents.

Cholnar village has 446 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cholnar has about 1061 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1100.

The pincode recorded for Cholnar is 494552. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cholnar covers 591.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Cholnar falls under Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Cholnar is Kirandul, about 6.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Cholnar.

Cholnar is about 16 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.

Cholnar is in Kuakonda tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Kirandul is about 6.5 km away. Bacheli is about 8.7 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.