About Chhan Village

Chhan is a mid sized village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 653, made up of 350 males and 303 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 228.9 hectares hectares.

Chhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Shivpuri
Tehsil	Karera
Area (hectares)	228.9 hectares
Population	653
Male Population	350
Female Population	303
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
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 Chhan compares

By the 2011 count Chhan is the 84th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 228.9 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 857.

Getting to Chhan

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

Chhan lies about 31 km from Shivpuri. 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 Chhan
Tehsil headquarters	Karera	19 km
District headquarters	Shivpuri	31 km

Villages closest to Chhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Karera 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 Chhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhan village had a population of 653. That makes it the 84th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Chhan village has 350 males and 303 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhan has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 857.

Chhan covers 228.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhan falls under Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Chhan 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 10+ km distance for Chhan.

Chhan is about 31 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhan is in Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karera is about 19 km away. Shivpuri is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.