About Chimarkel Village

Chimarkel is a mid sized village in Basna tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,435, made up of 684 males and 751 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 629.58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493554, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chimarkel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chimarkel village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Basna
Pincode	493554
Area (hectares)	629.58 hectares
Population	1,435
Male Population	684
Female Population	751
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chimarkel compares

By the 2011 count Chimarkel is the 18th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 767 residents. Its 629.58 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

Getting to Chimarkel

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

Chimarkel lies about 83 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 52 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 Chimarkel
Tehsil headquarters	Basna	8.1 km
Nearest town	Saraipali	16 km
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	52 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	83 km

Villages closest to Chimarkel

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 Chimarkel

As per the Census of India 2011, Chimarkel village had a population of 1,435. That makes it the 18th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 767 residents.

Chimarkel village has 684 males and 751 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chimarkel has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1016.

The pincode recorded for Chimarkel is 493554. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chimarkel covers 629.58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chimarkel falls under Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chimarkel is Komakhan railway station, about 52 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 Chimarkel.

Chimarkel is about 83 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chimarkel is in Basna tehsil of Mahasamund district. Basna is about 8.1 km away. Saraipali is about 16 km away. Komakhan railway station is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.