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About Chemal Village

Chemal 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 665, made up of 318 males and 347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,091 females per 1000 males. The village covers 438.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494669, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chemal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chemal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 494669
Area (hectares) 438.36 hectares
Population 665
Male Population 318
Female Population 347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,091
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chemal compares

By the 2011 count Chemal is the 27th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 438.36 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Chemal

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

Chemal lies about 32 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 15 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 Chemal
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 32 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 32 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 37 km

Villages closest to Chemal

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 Chemal

As per the Census of India 2011, Chemal village had a population of 665. That makes it the 27th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Chemal village has 318 males and 347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chemal has about 1091 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

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

Chemal covers 438.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chemal is Bhanupratappur, about 15 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 Chemal.

Chemal is about 32 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.

Chemal is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Bhanupratappur is about 15 km away. Durgkondal is about 32 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hinganpuri (under 2 km), Gulalbodi (under 2 km) and Adgud (1.7 km).

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

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