About Chargaon Village

Chargaon is a mid sized village in Bichhiya tehsil, in the district of Mandla, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 625, made up of 283 males and 342 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,208 females per 1000 males. The village covers 391.18 hectares hectares.

Chargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandla
Tehsil	Bichhiya
Area (hectares)	391.18 hectares
Population	625
Male Population	283
Female Population	342
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,208
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 Chargaon compares

By the 2011 count Chargaon is the 152nd largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 744 residents. Its 391.18 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Chargaon

Chargaon is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chargaon 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 Chargaon from other places

Chargaon lies about 114 km from Mandla, and the nearest railway station is Dundi, about 8.7 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 Chargaon
Nearest railway station	Dundi	8.7 km
Nearest town	Sihorā	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bichhiya	17 km
District headquarters	Mandla	114 km

Villages closest to Chargaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargaon village had a population of 625. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 321 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 744 residents.

Chargaon village has 283 males and 342 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargaon has about 1208 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Chargaon covers 391.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chargaon falls under Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chargaon is Dundi, about 8.7 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 Chargaon.

Chargaon is about 114 km from Mandla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chargaon is in Bichhiya tehsil of Mandla district. Dundi is about 8.7 km away. Sihorā is about 13 km away. Bichhiya is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.