About Chaurel Village

Chaurel is a mid sized village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,546, made up of 775 males and 771 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 500.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaurel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaurel village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	491225
Area (hectares)	500.21 hectares
Population	1,546
Male Population	775
Female Population	771
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaurel compares

By the 2011 count Chaurel is the 34th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 500.21 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Chaurel

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

Chaurel lies about 37 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sikosa, about 5.4 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 Chaurel
Nearest railway station	Sikosa	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	11 km
Nearest town	Balod	14 km
District headquarters	Durg	37 km

Villages closest to Chaurel

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.

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Common questions about Chaurel

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaurel village had a population of 1,546. That makes it the 34th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Chaurel village has 775 males and 771 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaurel has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Chaurel is 491225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaurel covers 500.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaurel falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chaurel is Sikosa, about 5.4 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 Chaurel.

Chaurel is about 37 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaurel is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Sikosa is about 5.4 km away. Gunderdehi is about 11 km away. Balod is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.