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About Chargawan Village

Chargawan is a small village in Silwani tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 183, made up of 98 males and 85 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 798.62 hectares hectares.

Chargawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargawan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Silwani
Area (hectares) 798.62 hectares
Population 183
Male Population 98
Female Population 85
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
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 Chargawan compares

By the 2011 count Chargawan is the 192nd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 576 residents. Its 798.62 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Getting to Chargawan

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

Chargawan lies about 97 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Gadarwara, about 38 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 Chargawan
Tehsil headquarters Silwani 30 km
Nearest town Deori Khās 34 km
Nearest railway station Gadarwara 38 km
District headquarters Raisen 97 km

Villages closest to Chargawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargawan village had a population of 183. That makes it the 192nd largest of the 219 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 576 residents.

Chargawan village has 98 males and 85 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargawan has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 920.

Chargawan covers 798.62 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chargawan falls under Silwani tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chargawan is Gadarwara, about 38 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 Chargawan.

Chargawan is about 97 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chargawan is in Silwani tehsil of Raisen district. Silwani is about 30 km away. Deori Khās is about 34 km away. Gadarwara is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gutori (2.7 km), Ponar (2.7 km) and Simariya (3.7 km).

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

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