About Chargaon Village

Chargaon is a large village in Ambarnath tehsil, in the district of Thane, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,436, made up of 1,723 males and 1,713 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 994 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1974 hectares hectares.

Chargaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chargaon village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Thane
Tehsil	Ambarnath
Area (hectares)	1974 hectares
Population	3,436
Male Population	1,723
Female Population	1,713
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	994
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 6th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents. Its 1974 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 936.

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 4.1 km from Thane, and the nearest railway station is Kalva, about under 2 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	Kalva	under 2 km
District headquarters	Thane	4.1 km
Nearest town	Thāne	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ambarnath	17 km

Villages closest to Chargaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ambarnath 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 3,436. That makes it the 6th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,803 residents.

Chargaon village has 1,723 males and 1,713 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chargaon has about 994 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 936.

Chargaon covers 1974 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chargaon falls under Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chargaon is Kalva, about under 2 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 4.1 km from Thane in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chargaon is in Ambarnath tehsil of Thane district. Kalva is about under 2 km away. Thane is about 4.1 km away. Thāne is about 4.1 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.