About Chamala Village

Chamala is a small village in Ashti tehsil, in the district of Wardha, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 464, made up of 257 males and 207 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 805 females per 1000 males. The village covers 270.68 hectares hectares.

Chamala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chamala village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Wardha
Tehsil	Ashti
Area (hectares)	270.68 hectares
Population	464
Male Population	257
Female Population	207
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	805
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chamala compares

By the 2011 count Chamala is the 49th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 888 residents. Its 270.68 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Getting to Chamala

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

Chamala lies about 62 km from Wardha, and the nearest railway station is Arvi, about 22 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 Chamala
Tehsil headquarters	Ashti	5.8 km
Nearest town	Ārvi	22 km
Nearest railway station	Arvi	22 km
District headquarters	Wardha	62 km

Villages closest to Chamala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chamala village had a population of 464. That makes it the 49th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 888 residents.

Chamala village has 257 males and 207 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chamala has about 805 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 903.

Chamala covers 270.68 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.

Chamala falls under Ashti tehsil of Wardha district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chamala is Arvi, about 22 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 Chamala.

Chamala is about 62 km from Wardha in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chamala is in Ashti tehsil of Wardha district. Ashti is about 5.8 km away. Ārvi is about 22 km away. Arvi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.