About Chaukhandi Village

Chaukhandi is a mid sized village in Katangi tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,234, made up of 612 males and 622 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,016 females per 1000 males. The village covers 332.48 hectares hectares.

Chaukhandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaukhandi village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Katangi
Area (hectares)	332.48 hectares
Population	1,234
Male Population	612
Female Population	622
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,016
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chaukhandi compares

By the 2011 count Chaukhandi is the 36th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 332.48 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Chaukhandi

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

How far is Chaukhandi from other places

Chaukhandi lies about 44 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Katangi, about 5.2 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 Chaukhandi
Nearest railway station	Katangi	5.2 km
Nearest town	Wārāseonī	28 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	44 km

Villages closest to Chaukhandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaukhandi village had a population of 1,234. That makes it the 36th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Chaukhandi village has 612 males and 622 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaukhandi has about 1016 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1040.

Chaukhandi covers 332.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaukhandi falls under Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaukhandi is Katangi, about 5.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chaukhandi.

Chaukhandi is about 44 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaukhandi is in Katangi tehsil of Balaghat district. Katangi is about 5.2 km away. Wārāseonī is about 28 km away. Balaghat is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.