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About Champanagar Village

Champanagar is a small village in Samri tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 364, made up of 190 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 916 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1059.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Champanagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Champanagar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Samri
Pincode 497224
Area (hectares) 1059.05 hectares
Population 364
Male Population 190
Female Population 174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 916
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Champanagar compares

By the 2011 count Champanagar is the 96th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 978 residents. Its 1059.05 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Champanagar

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

Champanagar lies about 58 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Ambikapur, about 63 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 Champanagar
Tehsil headquarters Samri 28 km
Nearest town Jashpur Nagar 54 km
District headquarters Surguja 58 km
Nearest railway station Ambikapur 63 km

Villages closest to Champanagar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Champanagar village had a population of 364. That makes it the 96th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 978 residents.

Champanagar village has 190 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Champanagar has about 916 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Champanagar is 497224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Champanagar covers 1059.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Champanagar falls under Samri tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Champanagar is Ambikapur, about 63 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 10+ km distance for Champanagar.

Champanagar is about 58 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Champanagar is in Samri tehsil of Surguja district. Samri is about 28 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 54 km away. Surguja is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samari (29 km), Sonpur (29 km) and Harri (32 km).

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

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