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About Chandan Birhi Village

Chandan Birhi is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,681, made up of 828 males and 853 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 497.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandan Birhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandan Birhi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Durg
Tehsil Gunderdehi
Pincode 491222
Area (hectares) 497.13 hectares
Population 1,681
Male Population 828
Female Population 853
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chandan Birhi compares

By the 2011 count Chandan Birhi is the 26th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 497.13 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Chandan Birhi

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

Chandan Birhi lies about 30 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 4.9 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 Birhi
Tehsil headquarters Gunderdehi 3.7 km
Nearest railway station Gundardehi 4.9 km
Nearest town Balod 22 km
District headquarters Durg 30 km

Villages closest to Chandan Birhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandan Birhi village had a population of 1,681. That makes it the 26th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Chandan Birhi village has 828 males and 853 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandan Birhi has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Chandan Birhi is 491222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandan Birhi covers 497.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandan Birhi falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chandan Birhi is Gundardehi, about 4.9 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 village for Chandan Birhi.

Chandan Birhi is about 30 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandan Birhi is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gunderdehi is about 3.7 km away. Gundardehi is about 4.9 km away. Balod is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sanaod (under 2 km), Khuteri (2.5 km) and Kherud (2.6 km).

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

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