About Chandas Village

Chandas is a large village in Malegaon tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,016, made up of 1,030 males and 986 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1193 hectares hectares.

Chandas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandas village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Malegaon
Area (hectares)	1193 hectares
Population	2,016
Male Population	1,030
Female Population	986
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	957
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandas compares

By the 2011 count Chandas is the 19th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents. Its 1193 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, a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Chandas

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

Chandas lies about 28 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Jaulka, about 23 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 Chandas
Tehsil headquarters	Malegaon	14 km
Nearest railway station	Jaulka	23 km
Nearest town	Risod	26 km
District headquarters	Washim	28 km

Villages closest to Chandas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandas village had a population of 2,016. That makes it the 19th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,630 residents.

Chandas village has 1,030 males and 986 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandas has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Chandas covers 1193 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.

Chandas falls under Malegaon tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chandas is Jaulka, about 23 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 village for Chandas.

Chandas is about 28 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandas is in Malegaon tehsil of Washim district. Malegaon is about 14 km away. Jaulka is about 23 km away. Risod is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.