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About Chandan Village

Chandan is a mid sized village in Badwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 366 males and 322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 299.69 hectares hectares.

Chandan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Badwara
Area (hectares) 299.69 hectares
Population 688
Male Population 366
Female Population 322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 880
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chandan compares

By the 2011 count Chandan is the 56th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 993 residents. Its 299.69 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Chandan

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

How far is Chandan from other places

Chandan lies about 21 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Rupaund, about 3.7 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 Chandan
Nearest railway station Rupaund 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Badwara 21 km
District headquarters Katni 21 km
Nearest town Murwāra 21 km

Villages closest to Chandan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandan village had a population of 688. That makes it the 56th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 993 residents.

Chandan village has 366 males and 322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandan has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Chandan covers 299.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandan falls under Badwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandan is Rupaund, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chandan.

Chandan is about 21 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandan is in Badwara tehsil of Katni district. Rupaund is about 3.7 km away. Badwara is about 21 km away. Katni is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chiruhali (under 2 km), Bamhanganvan (1.6 km) and Bamhani (1.6 km).

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

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