About Chargawan Village

Chargawan is a mid sized village in Bemetara tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,250, made up of 631 males and 619 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 981 females per 1000 males. The village covers 384.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491340, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chargawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargawan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Bemetara
Pincode	491340
Area (hectares)	384.58 hectares
Population	1,250
Male Population	631
Female Population	619
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	981
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chargawan compares

By the 2011 count Chargawan is the 51st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents. Its 384.58 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Chargawan

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

Chargawan lies about 88 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 48 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 Chargawan
Nearest town	Mungeli	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bemetara	26 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	48 km
District headquarters	Durg	88 km

Villages closest to Chargawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargawan village had a population of 1,250. That makes it the 51st largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,007 residents.

Chargawan village has 631 males and 619 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargawan has about 981 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Chargawan is 491340. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chargawan covers 384.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chargawan falls under Bemetara tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chargawan is Hathbandh, about 48 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 village for Chargawan.

Chargawan is about 88 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chargawan is in Bemetara tehsil of Durg district. Mungeli is about 21 km away. Bemetara is about 26 km away. Hathbandh is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.