About Chawela Village

Chawela is a mid sized village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 950, made up of 457 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 316.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chawela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chawela village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Manpur
Pincode	491229
Area (hectares)	316.87 hectares
Population	950
Male Population	457
Female Population	493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,079
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chawela compares

By the 2011 count Chawela is the 21st largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 316.87 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Chawela

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

Chawela lies about 76 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, 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 Chawela
Tehsil headquarters	Manpur	11 km
Nearest railway station	Gudum	30 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	32 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	76 km

Villages closest to Chawela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chawela village had a population of 950. That makes it the 21st largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Chawela village has 457 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chawela has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Chawela is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chawela covers 316.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chawela falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chawela is Gudum, 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 village for Chawela.

Chawela is about 76 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chawela is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 11 km away. Gudum is about 30 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.