About Chargawan Village

Chargawan is a mid sized village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 685, made up of 343 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 591.64 hectares hectares.

Chargawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargawan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Bahoriband
Area (hectares)	591.64 hectares
Population	685
Male Population	343
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chargawan compares

By the 2011 count Chargawan is the 91st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 591.64 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Chargawan

Chargawan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chargawan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chargawan from other places

Chargawan lies about 25 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Sleemanabad Road, about 16 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 Chargawan
Tehsil headquarters	Bahoriband	14 km
Nearest railway station	Sleemanabad Road	16 km
District headquarters	Katni	25 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	25 km

Villages closest to Chargawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargawan village had a population of 685. That makes it the 91st largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Chargawan village has 343 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargawan has about 997 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Chargawan covers 591.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chargawan falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chargawan is Sleemanabad Road, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ 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 Chargawan.

Chargawan is about 25 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chargawan is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Bahoriband is about 14 km away. Sleemanabad Road is about 16 km away. Katni is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.