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About Chainpur Village

Chainpur is a mid sized village in Pali tehsil, in the district of Korba, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 656, made up of 441 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 488 females per 1000 males. The village covers 586.09 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chainpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chainpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Korba
Tehsil Pali
Pincode 495449
Area (hectares) 586.09 hectares
Population 656
Male Population 441
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 488
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chainpur compares

By the 2011 count Chainpur is the 97th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,372 residents. Its 586.09 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Chainpur

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

Chainpur lies about 22 km from Korba, and the nearest railway station is Gevra Road, about 17 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 Chainpur
Nearest town Bhelai 12 km
Nearest railway station Gevra Road 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Pali 18 km
District headquarters Korba 22 km

Villages closest to Chainpur

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

Common questions about Chainpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chainpur village had a population of 656. That makes it the 97th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,372 residents.

Chainpur village has 441 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chainpur has about 488 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Chainpur is 495449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chainpur covers 586.09 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chainpur falls under Pali tehsil of Korba district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chainpur is Gevra Road, about 17 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 Chainpur.

Chainpur is about 22 km from Korba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chainpur is in Pali tehsil of Korba district. Bhelai is about 12 km away. Gevra Road is about 17 km away. Pali is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Andikachhar (1.6 km), Ratija (2.9 km) and Nonbira (3.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chainpur today is likely to be higher.

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