About Chargaon Village

Chargaon is a mid sized village in Sakoli tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,130, made up of 573 males and 557 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 972 females per 1000 males. The village covers 239.99 hectares hectares.

Chargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Bhandara
Tehsil	Sakoli
Area (hectares)	239.99 hectares
Population	1,130
Male Population	573
Female Population	557
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	972
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chargaon compares

By the 2011 count Chargaon is the 36th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,442 residents. Its 239.99 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Chargaon

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

Chargaon lies about 44 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Sondad, about 4.3 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 Chargaon
Nearest railway station	Sondad	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakoli	7.1 km
Nearest town	Tirorā	40 km
District headquarters	Bhandara	44 km

Villages closest to Chargaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargaon village had a population of 1,130. That makes it the 36th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,442 residents.

Chargaon village has 573 males and 557 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargaon has about 972 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 964.

Chargaon covers 239.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chargaon falls under Sakoli tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chargaon is Sondad, about 4.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chargaon.

Chargaon is about 44 km from Bhandara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chargaon is in Sakoli tehsil of Bhandara district. Sondad is about 4.3 km away. Sakoli is about 7.1 km away. Tirorā is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.