About Chulgahan Village

Chulgahan is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 938, made up of 470 males and 468 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 996 females per 1000 males. The village covers 464.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491223, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chulgahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chulgahan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	491223
Area (hectares)	464.88 hectares
Population	938
Male Population	470
Female Population	468
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	996
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chulgahan compares

By the 2011 count Chulgahan is the 99th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 464.88 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1004.

Getting to Chulgahan

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

Chulgahan lies about 40 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Sarsonpuri, about 20 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 Chulgahan
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	13 km
Nearest railway station	Sarsonpuri	20 km
Nearest town	Dhamtari	24 km
District headquarters	Durg	40 km

Villages closest to Chulgahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chulgahan village had a population of 938. That makes it the 99th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Chulgahan village has 470 males and 468 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chulgahan has about 996 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 1004.

The pincode recorded for Chulgahan is 491223. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chulgahan covers 464.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chulgahan falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chulgahan is Sarsonpuri, about 20 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 Chulgahan.

Chulgahan is about 40 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chulgahan is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Patan is about 13 km away. Sarsonpuri is about 20 km away. Dhamtari is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.