About Chhayan Village

Chhayan is a mid sized village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 673, made up of 358 males and 315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.42 hectares hectares.

Chhayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhayan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Rajgarh
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Area (hectares)	257.42 hectares
Population	673
Male Population	358
Female Population	315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhayan compares

By the 2011 count Chhayan is the 86th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 257.42 hectares work out to about 2.6 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 960.

Getting to Chhayan

Chhayan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chhayan as Available within 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 Chhayan from other places

Chhayan lies about 18 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Pench, about 29 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 Chhayan
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarh	18 km
Nearest town	Rājgarh	18 km
Nearest railway station	Pench	29 km

Villages closest to Chhayan

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 Chhayan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhayan village had a population of 673. That makes it the 86th largest of the 334 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Chhayan village has 358 males and 315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhayan has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 960.

Chhayan covers 257.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chhayan is Pench, about 29 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chhayan.

Chhayan is about 18 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhayan is in Rajgarh tehsil of Rajgarh district. Rajgarh is about 18 km away. Rājgarh is about 18 km away. Pench is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.