About Upkachunwa Village

Upkachunwa is a small village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 162 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,198 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495689, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Upkachunwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Upkachunwa village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Janjgir Champa
Tehsil	Sakti
Pincode	495689
Area (hectares)	160.34 hectares
Population	356
Male Population	162
Female Population	194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,198
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Upkachunwa compares

By the 2011 count Upkachunwa is the 108th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 160.34 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Upkachunwa

Upkachunwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Upkachunwa as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Upkachunwa from other places

Upkachunwa lies about 38 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Jetha, about 12 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 Upkachunwa
Nearest railway station	Jetha	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakti	12 km
Nearest town	Saktī	12 km
District headquarters	Janjgir Champa	38 km

Villages closest to Upkachunwa

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Upkachunwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Upkachunwa village had a population of 356. That makes it the 108th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Upkachunwa village has 162 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Upkachunwa has about 1198 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Upkachunwa is 495689. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Upkachunwa covers 160.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Upkachunwa falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Upkachunwa is Jetha, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance for Upkachunwa.

Upkachunwa is about 38 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Upkachunwa is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Jetha is about 12 km away. Sakti is about 12 km away. Saktī is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.