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About Chargaon Village

Chargaon is a mid sized village in Tumsar tehsil, in the district of Bhandara, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,019, made up of 528 males and 491 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399.44 hectares hectares.

Chargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Bhandara
Tehsil Tumsar
Area (hectares) 399.44 hectares
Population 1,019
Male Population 528
Female Population 491
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chargaon compares

By the 2011 count Chargaon is the 63rd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 399.44 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Getting to Chargaon

Chargaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. 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 <5 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 22 km from Bhandara, and the nearest railway station is Tumsar Road Junction, about 3.4 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 Chargaon
Nearest railway station Tumsar Road Junction 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Tumsar 7.9 km
District headquarters Bhandara 22 km

Villages closest to Chargaon

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

Common questions about Chargaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Chargaon village had a population of 1,019. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 124 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Chargaon village has 528 males and 491 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargaon has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 997.

Chargaon covers 399.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chargaon falls under Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chargaon is Tumsar Road Junction, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 22 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 Tumsar tehsil of Bhandara district. Tumsar Road Junction is about 3.4 km away. Tumsar is about 7.9 km away. Bhandara is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhorwada (under 2 km), Madagi (1.6 km) and Bramhani (3.2 km).

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

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