About Chandpur Village

Chandpur is a mid sized village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,539, made up of 815 males and 724 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1215.05 hectares hectares.

Chandpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Gairatganj
Area (hectares)	1215.05 hectares
Population	1,539
Male Population	815
Female Population	724
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandpur is the 9th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 1215.05 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Chandpur

Chandpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chandpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chandpur from other places

Chandpur lies about 28 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 25 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 Chandpur
Tehsil headquarters	Gairatganj	18 km
Nearest railway station	Sorai	25 km
Nearest town	Vidisha	26 km
District headquarters	Raisen	28 km

Villages closest to Chandpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandpur village had a population of 1,539. That makes it the 9th largest of the 163 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Chandpur village has 815 males and 724 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandpur has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Chandpur covers 1215.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chandpur falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandpur is Sorai, about 25 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 village for Chandpur.

Chandpur is about 28 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandpur is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Gairatganj is about 18 km away. Sorai is about 25 km away. Vidisha is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.