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About Chandan Bahra Village

Chandan Bahra is a small village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 108 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 116.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandan Bahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandan Bahra village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Nagri
Pincode 493778
Area (hectares) 116.77 hectares
Population 234
Male Population 108
Female Population 126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,167
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandan Bahra compares

By the 2011 count Chandan Bahra is the 192nd largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 116.77 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Chandan Bahra

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

How far is Chandan Bahra from other places

Chandan Bahra lies about 67 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 65 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 Chandan Bahra
Tehsil headquarters Nagri 13 km
Nearest town Kānker 62 km
Nearest railway station Sarsonpuri 65 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 67 km

Villages closest to Chandan Bahra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagri 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 Chandan Bahra

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandan Bahra village had a population of 234. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Chandan Bahra village has 108 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandan Bahra has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Chandan Bahra is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandan Bahra covers 116.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandan Bahra falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chandan Bahra is Sarsonpuri, about 65 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chandan Bahra.

Chandan Bahra is about 67 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandan Bahra is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 13 km away. Kānker is about 62 km away. Sarsonpuri is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nirrabeda (6.3 km), Ghoragaon (6.5 km) and Goregaon (7.8 km).

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

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