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About Chando Village

Chando is a mid sized village in Samri tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,999, made up of 998 males and 1,001 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 827.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chando Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chando village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Surguja
Tehsil Samri
Pincode 497107
Area (hectares) 827.76 hectares
Population 1,999
Male Population 998
Female Population 1,001
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 Chando compares

By the 2011 count Chando is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 978 residents. Its 827.76 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Chando

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

Chando lies about 81 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Barwadih Junction, about 44 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 Chando
Tehsil headquarters Samri 17 km
Nearest railway station Barwadih Junction 44 km
Nearest town Medininagar 60 km
District headquarters Surguja 81 km

Villages closest to Chando

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 Chando

As per the Census of India 2011, Chando village had a population of 1,999. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 978 residents.

Chando village has 998 males and 1,001 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chando has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Chando is 497107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chando covers 827.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chando falls under Samri tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chando is Barwadih Junction, about 44 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 Chando.

Chando is about 81 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chando is in Samri tehsil of Surguja district. Samri is about 17 km away. Barwadih Junction is about 44 km away. Medininagar is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhojpur (2.3 km), Idari Kalan (2.4 km) and Khajuriyadih (2.6 km).

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

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