About Chindar Village

Chindar is a mid sized village in Malwan tehsil, in the district of Sindhudurg, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 564, made up of 278 males and 286 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 385.12 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416614, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chindar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chindar village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Sindhudurg
Tehsil	Malwan
Pincode	416614
Area (hectares)	385.12 hectares
Population	564
Male Population	278
Female Population	286
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chindar compares

By the 2011 count Chindar is the 63rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 699 residents. Its 385.12 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1067.

Getting to Chindar

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

Chindar lies about 9.9 km from Malwan, and the nearest railway station is Sindhudurg, about 20 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 Chindar
Tehsil headquarters	Malwan	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Sindhudurg	20 km
Nearest town	Sāvantvādi	44 km

Villages closest to Chindar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chindar village had a population of 564. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 699 residents.

Chindar village has 278 males and 286 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chindar has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1067.

The pincode recorded for Chindar is 416614. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chindar covers 385.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chindar falls under Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chindar is Sindhudurg, about 20 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 Chindar.

Chindar is about 9.9 km from Malwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chindar is in Malwan tehsil of Sindhudurg district. Malwan is about 9.9 km away. Sindhudurg is about 20 km away. Sāvantvādi is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.