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About Chainatola Village

Chainatola is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 523, made up of 250 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,092 females per 1000 males. The village covers 268 hectares hectares.

Chainatola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chainatola village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 268 hectares
Population 523
Male Population 250
Female Population 273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,092
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chainatola compares

By the 2011 count Chainatola is the 168th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 268 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1032.

Getting to Chainatola

Chainatola is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chainatola as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chainatola from other places

Chainatola lies about 60 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Dhapewara, about 58 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 Chainatola
Nearest town Malajkhand 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 24 km
Nearest railway station Dhapewara 58 km
District headquarters Balaghat 60 km

Villages closest to Chainatola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chainatola village had a population of 523. That makes it the 168th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Chainatola village has 250 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chainatola has about 1092 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

Chainatola covers 268 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chainatola falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chainatola is Dhapewara, about 58 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chainatola.

Chainatola is about 60 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chainatola is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 8.6 km away. Baihar is about 24 km away. Dhapewara is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kaindatola (under 2 km), Karonda Bahera (3.1 km) and Bori (3.8 km).

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

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