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About Chaka Village

Chaka is a large village in Murwara tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,710, made up of 1,388 males and 1,322 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 952 females per 1000 males. The village covers 751.42 hectares hectares.

Chaka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaka village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Murwara
Area (hectares) 751.42 hectares
Population 2,710
Male Population 1,388
Female Population 1,322
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 952
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Chaka compares

By the 2011 count Chaka is the 10th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents. Its 751.42 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Chaka

Chaka is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chaka as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaka from other places

Chaka lies about 5.4 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Patwara, about 3.8 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 Chaka
Nearest railway station Patwara 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Murwara 5.4 km
District headquarters Katni 5.4 km
Nearest town Murwāra 5.4 km

Villages closest to Chaka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaka village had a population of 2,710. That makes it the 10th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,275 residents.

Chaka village has 1,388 males and 1,322 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaka has about 952 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Chaka covers 751.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaka falls under Murwara tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chaka is Patwara, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Chaka is about 5.4 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaka is in Murwara tehsil of Katni district. Patwara is about 3.8 km away. Murwara is about 5.4 km away. Katni is about 5.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghatkhirwa (2.7 km), Matwar Padariya (3.0 km) and Amradand (3.3 km).

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

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