About Chanat Village

Chanat is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,606, made up of 797 males and 809 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 584.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493555, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493555
Area (hectares)	584.11 hectares
Population	1,606
Male Population	797
Female Population	809
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,015
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanat compares

By the 2011 count Chanat is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 584.11 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Chanat

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

Chanat lies about 84 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Baradwar, about 60 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 Chanat
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	21 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	26 km
Nearest railway station	Baradwar	60 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	84 km

Villages closest to Chanat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanat village had a population of 1,606. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Chanat village has 797 males and 809 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanat has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Chanat is 493555. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanat covers 584.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanat falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chanat is Baradwar, about 60 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 10+ km distance for Chanat.

Chanat is about 84 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanat is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 21 km away. Saraipali is about 26 km away. Baradwar is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.