About Chhayan Village

Chhayan is a mid sized village in Jaora tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 641, made up of 338 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 586.31 hectares hectares.

Chhayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhayan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ratlam
Tehsil	Jaora
Area (hectares)	586.31 hectares
Population	641
Male Population	338
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhayan compares

By the 2011 count Chhayan is the 95th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents. Its 586.31 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 962.

Getting to Chhayan

Chhayan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chhayan 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 Chhayan from other places

Chhayan lies about 39 km from Ratlam. 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	Jaora	13 km
District headquarters	Ratlam	39 km

Villages closest to Chhayan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaora 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 641. That makes it the 95th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,105 residents.

Chhayan village has 338 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhayan has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Chhayan covers 586.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhayan falls under Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Chhayan notes the nearest railway station 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 Chhayan.

Chhayan is about 39 km from Ratlam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhayan is in Jaora tehsil of Ratlam district. Jaora is about 13 km away. Ratlam is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.