About Charkhar Village

Charkhar is a mid sized village in Bharatpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 639, made up of 316 males and 323 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charkhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charkhar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Koriya
Tehsil	Bharatpur
Pincode	497339
Area (hectares)	203.02 hectares
Population	639
Male Population	316
Female Population	323
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,022
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Charkhar compares

By the 2011 count Charkhar is the 45th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 512 residents. Its 203.02 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Charkhar

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

Charkhar lies about 159 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 46 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 Charkhar
Nearest town	Mungeli	4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bharatpur	28 km
Nearest railway station	Belha	46 km
District headquarters	Koriya	159 km

Villages closest to Charkhar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Charkhar village had a population of 639. That makes it the 45th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 512 residents.

Charkhar village has 316 males and 323 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charkhar has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Charkhar is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charkhar covers 203.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Charkhar falls under Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Charkhar is Belha, about 46 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 Charkhar.

Charkhar is about 159 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charkhar is in Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district. Mungeli is about 4.6 km away. Bharatpur is about 28 km away. Belha is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.