About Chhapara Village

Chhapara is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 604, made up of 314 males and 290 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 924 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhapara village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargarh
Pincode	491445
Area (hectares)	290.18 hectares
Population	604
Male Population	314
Female Population	290
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	924
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhapara compares

By the 2011 count Chhapara is the 109th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 290.18 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Chhapara

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

Chhapara lies about 23 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 8.7 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 Chhapara
Nearest railway station	Jatkanhar	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargarh	13 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	23 km

Villages closest to Chhapara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhapara village had a population of 604. That makes it the 109th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Chhapara village has 314 males and 290 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhapara has about 924 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Chhapara is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhapara covers 290.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhapara falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chhapara is Jatkanhar, about 8.7 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 Chhapara.

Chhapara is about 23 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhapara is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 8.7 km away. Dongargarh is about 13 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.