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About Chanakyapuri Village

Chanakyapuri is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 657, made up of 341 males and 316 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 289.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494334, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanakyapuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanakyapuri village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil Pakhanjur
Pincode 494334
Area (hectares) 289.71 hectares
Population 657
Male Population 341
Female Population 316
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 927
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chanakyapuri compares

By the 2011 count Chanakyapuri is the 81st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 289.71 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Chanakyapuri

Chanakyapuri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chanakyapuri as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Chanakyapuri from other places

Chanakyapuri lies about 65 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 49 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 Chanakyapuri
Tehsil headquarters Pakhanjur 5.5 km
Nearest railway station Keoti 49 km
District headquarters Uttar Bastar Kanker 65 km
Nearest town Garhchiroli 68 km

Villages closest to Chanakyapuri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanakyapuri village had a population of 657. That makes it the 81st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Chanakyapuri village has 341 males and 316 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanakyapuri has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Chanakyapuri is 494334. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanakyapuri covers 289.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chanakyapuri falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Chanakyapuri is Keoti, about 49 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 - 10 km distance for Chanakyapuri.

Chanakyapuri is about 65 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.

Chanakyapuri is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 5.5 km away. Keoti is about 49 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 65 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Harangarh (1.8 km), Ratanpur (2.0 km) and Bharatpur (2.1 km).

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

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