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About Choraha Banjari Village

Choraha Banjari is a small village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 406, made up of 200 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 155.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491668, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Choraha Banjari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Choraha Banjari village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491668
Area (hectares) 155.28 hectares
Population 406
Male Population 200
Female Population 206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,030
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Choraha Banjari compares

By the 2011 count Choraha Banjari is the 175th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 155.28 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 Choraha Banjari

Choraha Banjari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Choraha Banjari 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Choraha Banjari from other places

Choraha Banjari lies about 36 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, 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 Choraha Banjari
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 15 km
Nearest railway station Dongargarh 30 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 36 km

Villages closest to Choraha Banjari

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 Choraha Banjari

As per the Census of India 2011, Choraha Banjari village had a population of 406. That makes it the 175th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Choraha Banjari village has 200 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Choraha Banjari has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Choraha Banjari is 491668. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Choraha Banjari covers 155.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Choraha Banjari falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Choraha Banjari is Dongargarh, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Choraha Banjari.

Choraha Banjari is about 36 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Choraha Banjari is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 15 km away. Dongargarh is about 30 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Munjal Kalan (1.6 km), Chirchari Kalan (1.8 km) and Bagdwar (2.1 km).

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

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