About Chherkapur Village

Chherkapur is a mid sized village in Nawagarh tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 506, made up of 251 males and 255 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chherkapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chherkapur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Nawagarh
Pincode	491337
Area (hectares)	142.78 hectares
Population	506
Male Population	251
Female Population	255
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chherkapur compares

By the 2011 count Chherkapur is the 126th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 985 residents. Its 142.78 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

Getting to Chherkapur

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

Chherkapur lies about 85 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 37 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 Chherkapur
Tehsil headquarters	Nawagarh	2.0 km
Nearest town	Bemetāra	21 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	37 km
District headquarters	Durg	85 km

Villages closest to Chherkapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chherkapur village had a population of 506. That makes it the 126th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 985 residents.

Chherkapur village has 251 males and 255 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chherkapur has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 994.

The pincode recorded for Chherkapur is 491337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chherkapur covers 142.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chherkapur falls under Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chherkapur is Hathbandh, about 37 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 Chherkapur.

Chherkapur is about 85 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chherkapur is in Nawagarh tehsil of Durg district. Nawagarh is about 2.0 km away. Bemetāra is about 21 km away. Hathbandh is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.