About Chhayan Village

Chhayan is a small village in Shahgarh tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 74, made up of 47 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 574 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.48 hectares hectares.

Chhayan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhayan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Shahgarh
Area (hectares)	69.48 hectares
Population	74
Male Population	47
Female Population	27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	574
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 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 among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents. Its 69.48 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 865.

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 5 - 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 56 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Ganeshganj, about 41 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	Shahgarh	9.3 km
Nearest town	Banda	26 km
Nearest railway station	Ganeshganj	41 km
District headquarters	Sagar	56 km

Villages closest to Chhayan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shahgarh 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 74. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,107 residents.

Chhayan village has 47 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhayan has about 574 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 865.

Chhayan covers 69.48 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 Shahgarh tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chhayan is Ganeshganj, about 41 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chhayan.

Chhayan is about 56 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhayan is in Shahgarh tehsil of Sagar district. Shahgarh is about 9.3 km away. Banda is about 26 km away. Ganeshganj is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.