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About Chitraw Village

Chitraw is a large village in Jaisinghnagar tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,249, made up of 1,115 males and 1,134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1160.43 hectares hectares.

Chitraw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitraw village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Jaisinghnagar
Area (hectares) 1160.43 hectares
Population 2,249
Male Population 1,115
Female Population 1,134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitraw compares

By the 2011 count Chitraw is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 946 residents. Its 1160.43 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, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Chitraw

Chitraw is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chitraw as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Chhakata, Chhapra Tola, Chhateni and Chhuda. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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.

Common questions about Chitraw

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitraw village had a population of 2,249. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 946 residents.

Chitraw village has 1,115 males and 1,134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitraw has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Chitraw covers 1160.43 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.

Chitraw falls under Jaisinghnagar tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Chitraw notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Chitraw.

Chitraw is in Jaisinghnagar tehsil of Shahdol district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chitraw today is likely to be higher.

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