About Chontra Village

Chontra is a mid sized village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 722, made up of 356 males and 366 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,028 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374.42 hectares hectares.

Chontra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chontra village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Area (hectares)	374.42 hectares
Population	722
Male Population	356
Female Population	366
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,028
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chontra compares

By the 2011 count Chontra is the 78th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 374.42 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 960.

Getting to Chontra

Chontra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chontra as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chontra from other places

Chontra lies about 27 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Pachor Road, about 7.8 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 Chontra
Nearest railway station	Pachor Road	7.8 km
Nearest town	Pachor	8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarh	27 km

Villages closest to Chontra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chontra village had a population of 722. That makes it the 78th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Chontra village has 356 males and 366 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chontra has about 1028 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 960.

Chontra covers 374.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chontra falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chontra is Pachor Road, about 7.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chontra.

Chontra is about 27 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chontra is in Rajgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district. Pachor Road is about 7.8 km away. Pachor is about 8.7 km away. Rajgarh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.