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About Telgara Village

Telgara is a mid sized village in Charama tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 887, made up of 431 males and 456 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,058 females per 1000 males. The village covers 526.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494337, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Telgara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Telgara village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Charama
Pincode 494337
Area (hectares) 526.34 hectares
Population 887
Male Population 431
Female Population 456
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,058
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Telgara compares

By the 2011 count Telgara is the 51st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 997 residents. Its 526.34 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

Getting to Telgara

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

Telgara lies about 25 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 37 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 Telgara
Nearest town Kānker 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Charama 15 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 25 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 37 km

Villages closest to Telgara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Telgara village had a population of 887. That makes it the 51st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 997 residents.

Telgara village has 431 males and 456 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Telgara has about 1058 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Telgara is 494337. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Telgara covers 526.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Telgara falls under Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Telgara is Gudum, about 37 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 Telgara.

Telgara is about 25 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Telgara is in Charama tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kānker is about 12 km away. Charama is about 15 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Surawand (under 2 km), Nawagaon Saradhui (2.3 km) and Lakhanpuri (2.9 km).

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

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