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About Telgaon Village

Telgaon is a mid sized village in Chhuriya tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 781, made up of 390 males and 391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 302.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Chhuriya
Pincode 491558
Area (hectares) 302.53 hectares
Population 781
Male Population 390
Female Population 391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Telgaon compares

By the 2011 count Telgaon is the 93rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 302.53 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

Getting to Telgaon

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

Telgaon lies about 36 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Paniajob, about 25 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 Telgaon
Tehsil headquarters Chhuriya 10 km
Nearest railway station Paniajob 25 km
Nearest town Dongargarh 26 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 36 km

Villages closest to Telgaon

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 Telgaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Telgaon village had a population of 781. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Telgaon village has 390 males and 391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telgaon has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1037.

The pincode recorded for Telgaon is 491558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Telgaon covers 302.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Telgaon falls under Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Telgaon is Paniajob, about 25 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 Telgaon.

Telgaon 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.

Telgaon is in Chhuriya tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Chhuriya is about 10 km away. Paniajob is about 25 km away. Dongargarh is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Haidalkodo (under 2 km), Bital (1.8 km) and Pande Tola (2.2 km).

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

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