About Chandon Village

Chandon is a large village in Bankhedi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,050, made up of 1,569 males and 1,481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 752.69 hectares hectares.

Chandon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Hoshangabad
Tehsil	Bankhedi
Area (hectares)	752.69 hectares
Population	3,050
Male Population	1,569
Female Population	1,481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chandon compares

By the 2011 count Chandon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents. Its 752.69 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Chandon

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

Chandon lies about 20 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Gurra, about 4.4 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 Chandon
Nearest railway station	Gurra	4.4 km
Nearest town	Itārsi	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bankhedi	20 km
District headquarters	Hoshangabad	20 km

Villages closest to Chandon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandon village had a population of 3,050. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,026 residents.

Chandon village has 1,569 males and 1,481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandon has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 929.

Chandon covers 752.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandon falls under Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandon is Gurra, about 4.4 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 Chandon.

Chandon is about 20 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandon is in Bankhedi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Gurra is about 4.4 km away. Itārsi is about 8.3 km away. Bankhedi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.