About Chhayan Village

Chhayan is a mid sized village in Rawti tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,082, made up of 528 males and 554 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,049 females per 1000 males. The village covers 507.24 hectares hectares.

Chhayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhayan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ratlam
Tehsil	Rawti
Area (hectares)	507.24 hectares
Population	1,082
Male Population	528
Female Population	554
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,049
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 Chhayan compares

By the 2011 count Chhayan is the 22nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 913 residents. Its 507.24 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Chhayan

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

Chhayan lies about 17 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Bildi, about 7.4 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
Nearest railway station	Bildi	7.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rawti	17 km
District headquarters	Ratlam	17 km
Nearest town	Ratlām	17 km

Villages closest to Chhayan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rawti 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 1,082. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 92 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 913 residents.

Chhayan village has 528 males and 554 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhayan has about 1049 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Chhayan covers 507.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chhayan is Bildi, about 7.4 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 Chhayan.

Chhayan is about 17 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 Rawti tehsil of Ratlam district. Bildi is about 7.4 km away. Rawti is about 17 km away. Ratlam is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.