About Chaura Village

Chaura is a small village in Bodla tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 390, made up of 191 males and 199 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,042 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaura village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Bodla
Pincode	496445
Area (hectares)	173.58 hectares
Population	390
Male Population	191
Female Population	199
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,042
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaura compares

By the 2011 count Chaura is the 159th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 585 residents. Its 173.58 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Chaura

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

Chaura lies about 12 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Hathbandh, about 89 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 Chaura
Tehsil headquarters	Bodla	9.3 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	12 km
Nearest town	Kawardha	14 km
Nearest railway station	Hathbandh	89 km

Villages closest to Chaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaura village had a population of 390. That makes it the 159th largest of the 303 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 585 residents.

Chaura village has 191 males and 199 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaura has about 1042 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Chaura is 496445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaura covers 173.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaura falls under Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chaura is Hathbandh, about 89 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 Chaura.

Chaura is about 12 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaura is in Bodla tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Bodla is about 9.3 km away. Kabeerdham is about 12 km away. Kawardha is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.