About Chargaon Village

Chargaon 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 1,186, made up of 659 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1030.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494224
Area (hectares)	1030.95 hectares
Population	1,186
Male Population	659
Female Population	527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chargaon compares

By the 2011 count Chargaon is the 25th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 1030.95 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Chargaon

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

Chargaon lies about 67 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 50 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 Chargaon
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Bhanupratappur	50 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	61 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	67 km

Villages closest to Chargaon

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.

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Common questions about Chargaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargaon village had a population of 1,186. That makes it the 25th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Chargaon village has 659 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargaon has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Chargaon is 494224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chargaon covers 1030.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Chargaon is Bhanupratappur, about 50 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 Chargaon.

Chargaon is about 67 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.

Chargaon is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 24 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 50 km away. Garhchiroli is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.