About Chalcher Village

Chalcher is a small village in Orchha tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 248, made up of 130 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalcher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalcher village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Narayanpur
Tehsil	Orchha
Pincode	494226
Population	248
Male Population	130
Female Population	118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	908
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalcher compares

By the 2011 count Chalcher is the 35th largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 174 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

Getting to Chalcher

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

Chalcher lies about 48 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Dantewara, about 57 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 Chalcher
Tehsil headquarters	Orchha	14 km
District headquarters	Narayanpur	48 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	48 km
Nearest railway station	Dantewara	57 km

Villages closest to Chalcher

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalcher village had a population of 248. That makes it the 35th largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 174 residents.

Chalcher village has 130 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalcher has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1010.

The pincode recorded for Chalcher is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalcher falls under Orchha tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chalcher is Dantewara, about 57 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 Chalcher.

Chalcher is about 48 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalcher is in Orchha tehsil of Narayanpur district. Orchha is about 14 km away. Narayanpur is about 48 km away. Nārāinpur is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.