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About Chihro Village

Chihro 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 590, made up of 290 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,034 females per 1000 males. The village covers 718.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493195, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chihro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chihro village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Durgkondal
Pincode 493195
Area (hectares) 718.22 hectares
Population 590
Male Population 290
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,034
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chihro compares

By the 2011 count Chihro is the 34th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 431 residents. Its 718.22 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 Chihro

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

Chihro lies about 21 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 14 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 Chihro
Nearest railway station Gudum 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Durgkondal 21 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 21 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 22 km

Villages closest to Chihro

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 Chihro

As per the Census of India 2011, Chihro village had a population of 590. That makes it the 34th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 431 residents.

Chihro village has 290 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chihro has about 1034 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Chihro is 493195. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chihro covers 718.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chihro is Gudum, about 14 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 Chihro.

Chihro is about 21 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.

Chihro is in Durgkondal tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Gudum is about 14 km away. Durgkondal is about 21 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tumarisur (11 km), Eragaon (13 km) and Pedawari (13 km).

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

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