About Chharra Village

Chharra is a mid sized village in Sarangarh tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,679, made up of 833 males and 846 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chharra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chharra village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Sarangarh
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	347.99 hectares
Population	1,679
Male Population	833
Female Population	846
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chharra compares

By the 2011 count Chharra is the 24th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 792 residents. Its 347.99 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 1008.

Getting to Chharra

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

Chharra lies about 32 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 30 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 Chharra
Tehsil headquarters	Sarangarh	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kirodimal Nagar	30 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	32 km

Villages closest to Chharra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chharra village had a population of 1,679. That makes it the 24th largest of the 261 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 792 residents.

Chharra village has 833 males and 846 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chharra has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Chharra is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chharra covers 347.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chharra falls under Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chharra is Kirodimal Nagar, about 30 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 Chharra.

Chharra is about 32 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chharra is in Sarangarh tehsil of Raigarh district. Sarangarh is about 16 km away. Kirodimal Nagar is about 30 km away. Raigarh is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.