About Chandel Village

Chandel is a mid sized village in Punasa tehsil, in the district of Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 965, made up of 522 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 434 hectares hectares.

Chandel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandel village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Khandwa
Tehsil	Punasa
Area (hectares)	434 hectares
Population	965
Male Population	522
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	849
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandel compares

By the 2011 count Chandel is the 88th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 434 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 943.

Getting to Chandel

Chandel is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chandel as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chandel from other places

Chandel lies about 43 km from Khandwa, and the nearest railway station is Bir, about 19 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 Chandel
Tehsil headquarters	Punasa	7.6 km
Nearest town	Punāsa	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Bir	19 km
District headquarters	Khandwa	43 km

Villages closest to Chandel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandel village had a population of 965. That makes it the 88th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Chandel village has 522 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandel has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Chandel covers 434 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chandel falls under Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandel is Bir, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chandel.

Chandel is about 43 km from Khandwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandel is in Punasa tehsil of Khandwa district. Punasa is about 7.6 km away. Punāsa is about 7.6 km away. Bir is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.