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About Chando Village

Chando is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,104, made up of 539 males and 565 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chando Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chando village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491661
Area (hectares) 481.56 hectares
Population 1,104
Male Population 539
Female Population 565
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,048
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chando compares

By the 2011 count Chando is the 46th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 481.56 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1037.

Getting to Chando

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

Chando lies about 30 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 27 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 Chando
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 22 km
Nearest railway station Bakal 27 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 30 km
Nearest town Rāj-Nāndgaon 30 km

Villages closest to Chando

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chando village had a population of 1,104. That makes it the 46th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Chando village has 539 males and 565 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chando has about 1048 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Chando is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chando covers 481.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chando falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chando is Bakal, about 27 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 village for Chando.

Chando is about 30 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chando is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 22 km away. Bakal is about 27 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Muchedand (under 2 km), Bhandari Bharda (1.8 km) and Deori (2.2 km).

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

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