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About Yergaon Village

Yergaon is a mid sized village in Sindewahi tehsil, in the district of Chandrapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 627, made up of 322 males and 305 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 152.24 hectares hectares.

Yergaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Yergaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Chandrapur
Tehsil Sindewahi
Area (hectares) 152.24 hectares
Population 627
Male Population 322
Female Population 305
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Yergaon compares

By the 2011 count Yergaon is the 47th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents. Its 152.24 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Yergaon

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

Yergaon lies about 59 km from Chandrapur, and the nearest railway station is Alewahi, about 4.5 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 Yergaon
Nearest railway station Alewahi 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Sindewahi 7.6 km
Nearest town Mūl 32 km
District headquarters Chandrapur 59 km

Villages closest to Yergaon

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.

Common questions about Yergaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Yergaon village had a population of 627. That makes it the 47th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,164 residents.

Yergaon village has 322 males and 305 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Yergaon has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 979.

Yergaon covers 152.24 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Yergaon falls under Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Yergaon is Alewahi, about 4.5 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 Yergaon.

Yergaon is about 59 km from Chandrapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Yergaon is in Sindewahi tehsil of Chandrapur district. Alewahi is about 4.5 km away. Sindewahi is about 7.6 km away. Mūl is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Palasgaon Jat (under 2 km), Chargaonbadge (2.1 km) and Dongargaon Salodkar (2.1 km).

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

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