About Chalya Village

Chalya is a mid sized village in Channarayapatna tehsil, in the district of Hassan, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,299, made up of 643 males and 656 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 821.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 573116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalya village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Hassan
Tehsil	Channarayapatna
Pincode	573116
Area (hectares)	821.81 hectares
Population	1,299
Male Population	643
Female Population	656
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,020
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chalya compares

By the 2011 count Chalya is the 27th largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 629 residents. Its 821.81 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, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1047.

Getting to Chalya

Chalya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chalya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chalya from other places

Chalya lies about 50 km from Hassan, and the nearest railway station is Shravanabelagola, about 8.0 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 Chalya
Nearest railway station	Shravanabelagola	8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Channarayapatna	17 km
Nearest town	Channarāyapatna	17 km
District headquarters	Hassan	50 km

Villages closest to Chalya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalya village had a population of 1,299. That makes it the 27th largest of the 345 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 629 residents.

Chalya village has 643 males and 656 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalya has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1047.

The pincode recorded for Chalya is 573116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chalya covers 821.81 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.

Chalya falls under Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Chalya is Shravanabelagola, about 8.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chalya.

Chalya is about 50 km from Hassan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalya is in Channarayapatna tehsil of Hassan district. Shravanabelagola is about 8.0 km away. Channarayapatna is about 17 km away. Channarāyapatna is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.