About Powana Chak Village

Powana Chak is a mid sized village in Sindewahi tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 755, made up of 390 males and 365 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 936 females per 1000 males. The village covers 613.44 hectares hectares.

Powana Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Powana Chak village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Chandrapur
Tehsil	Sindewahi
Area (hectares)	613.44 hectares
Population	755
Male Population	390
Female Population	365
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	936
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Powana Chak compares

By the 2011 count Powana Chak is the 41st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents. Its 613.44 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Powana Chak

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

Powana Chak lies about 65 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Alewahi, about 14 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 Powana Chak
Nearest railway station	Alewahi	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sindewahi	15 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	24 km
District headquarters	Chandrapur	65 km

Villages closest to Powana Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sindewahi 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 Powana Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Powana Chak village had a population of 755. That makes it the 41st largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents.

Powana Chak village has 390 males and 365 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Powana Chak has about 936 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 979.

Powana Chak covers 613.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Powana Chak falls under Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Powana Chak is Alewahi, about 14 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 Powana Chak.

Powana Chak is about 65 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Powana Chak is in Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district. Alewahi is about 14 km away. Sindewahi is about 15 km away. Garhchiroli is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.