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About Chhandanpur Village

Chhandanpur is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,047, made up of 541 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333.42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhandanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhandanpur village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Basna
Pincode 491111
Area (hectares) 333.42 hectares
Population 1,047
Male Population 541
Female Population 506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhandanpur compares

By the 2011 count Chhandanpur is the 36th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 333.42 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Chhandanpur

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

Chhandanpur lies about 74 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 48 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 Chhandanpur
Tehsil headquarters Basna 3.9 km
Nearest town Saraipali 23 km
Nearest railway station Komakhan railway station 48 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 74 km

Villages closest to Chhandanpur

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.

Common questions about Chhandanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhandanpur village had a population of 1,047. That makes it the 36th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Chhandanpur village has 541 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhandanpur has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Chhandanpur is 491111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhandanpur covers 333.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhandanpur falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chhandanpur is Komakhan railway station, about 48 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 km distance for Chhandanpur.

Chhandanpur is about 74 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhandanpur is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 3.9 km away. Saraipali is about 23 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khemda (2.6 km), Arekel (2.6 km) and Tarekela Urf Bawalighutkuri (2.6 km).

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

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