About Chanar Village

Chanar is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,227, made up of 582 males and 645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 753.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494228, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Narharpur
Pincode	494228
Area (hectares)	753.99 hectares
Population	1,227
Male Population	582
Female Population	645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,108
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanar compares

By the 2011 count Chanar is the 30th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 753.99 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1050.

Getting to Chanar

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

Chanar lies about 35 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 41 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 Chanar
Nearest town	Kānker	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narharpur	14 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	35 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	41 km

Villages closest to Chanar

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

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Common questions about Chanar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanar village had a population of 1,227. That makes it the 30th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Chanar village has 582 males and 645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanar has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Chanar is 494228. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanar covers 753.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chanar falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chanar is Dhamtari, about 41 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 Chanar.

Chanar is about 35 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.

Chanar is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Kānker is about 10 km away. Narharpur is about 14 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.