About Chapna Village

Chapna is a mid sized village in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,053, made up of 559 males and 494 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 306.77 hectares hectares.

Chapna Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chapna village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Katni
Tehsil	Vijayraghavgarh
Area (hectares)	306.77 hectares
Population	1,053
Male Population	559
Female Population	494
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chapna compares

By the 2011 count Chapna is the 61st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents. Its 306.77 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 955.

Getting to Chapna

Chapna is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chapna as Available within 5 - 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 Chapna from other places

Chapna lies about 26 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salhana, about 8.3 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 Chapna
Nearest railway station	Salhana	8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vijayraghavgarh	13 km
District headquarters	Katni	26 km
Nearest town	Murwāra	26 km

Villages closest to Chapna

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chapna village had a population of 1,053. That makes it the 61st largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,383 residents.

Chapna village has 559 males and 494 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chapna has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

Chapna covers 306.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chapna falls under Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chapna is Salhana, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chapna.

Chapna is about 26 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chapna is in Vijayraghavgarh tehsil of Katni district. Salhana is about 8.3 km away. Vijayraghavgarh is about 13 km away. Katni is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.