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About Chaurgaon Village

Chaurgaon is a mid sized village in Durgkondal tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 656, made up of 322 males and 334 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,037 females per 1000 males. The village covers 584.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chaurgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaurgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 584.65 hectares
Population 656
Male Population 322
Female Population 334
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,037
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chaurgaon compares

By the 2011 count Chaurgaon is the 28th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 584.65 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1009.

Getting to Chaurgaon

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

Chaurgaon lies about 1.7 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 16 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 Chaurgaon
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 1.7 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 1.7 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 16 km
Nearest town Kānker 28 km

Villages closest to Chaurgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaurgaon village had a population of 656. That makes it the 28th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Chaurgaon village has 322 males and 334 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaurgaon has about 1037 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Chaurgaon is 494669. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chaurgaon covers 584.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chaurgaon falls under Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chaurgaon is Keoti, about 16 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 <5 km distance for Chaurgaon.

Chaurgaon is about 1.7 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.

Chaurgaon is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Durgkondal is about 1.7 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 1.7 km away. Keoti is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhejhar (4.3 km), Bodeli (5.1 km) and Vatintola (10 km).

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

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