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About Chitabahar Village

Chitabahar is a mid sized village in Ambikapur tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 948, made up of 472 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 218.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitabahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitabahar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Ambikapur
Pincode 497001
Area (hectares) 218.34 hectares
Population 948
Male Population 472
Female Population 476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,008
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitabahar compares

By the 2011 count Chitabahar is the 81st largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,300 residents. Its 218.34 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Chitabahar

Chitabahar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chitabahar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chitabahar from other places

Chitabahar lies about under 2 km from Surguja. 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 Chitabahar
Tehsil headquarters Ambikapur under 2 km
District headquarters Surguja under 2 km
Nearest town Ambikāpur under 2 km

Villages closest to Chitabahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitabahar village had a population of 948. That makes it the 81st largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,300 residents.

Chitabahar village has 472 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitabahar has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Chitabahar is 497001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitabahar covers 218.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitabahar falls under Ambikapur tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Chitabahar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chitabahar.

Chitabahar is about under 2 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitabahar is in Ambikapur tehsil of Surguja district. Ambikapur is about under 2 km away. Surguja is about under 2 km away. Ambikāpur is about under 2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpuri Khurd (7.0 km), Darima (13 km) and Rampur (21 km).

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

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