About Chakwa Village

Chakwa is a small village in Mangrulpir tehsil, in the district of Washim, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 446, made up of 241 males and 205 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.86 hectares hectares.

Chakwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakwa village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Washim
Tehsil	Mangrulpir
Area (hectares)	255.86 hectares
Population	446
Male Population	241
Female Population	205
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakwa compares

By the 2011 count Chakwa is the 95th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents. Its 255.86 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 938.

Getting to Chakwa

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

Chakwa lies about 44 km from Washim, and the nearest railway station is Karanja, about 12 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 Chakwa
Nearest railway station	Karanja	12 km
Nearest town	Kāranja	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mangrulpir	14 km
District headquarters	Washim	44 km

Villages closest to Chakwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakwa village had a population of 446. That makes it the 95th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents.

Chakwa village has 241 males and 205 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakwa has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Chakwa covers 255.86 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.

Chakwa falls under Mangrulpir tehsil of Washim district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Chakwa is Karanja, about 12 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 Chakwa.

Chakwa is about 44 km from Washim in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakwa is in Mangrulpir tehsil of Washim district. Karanja is about 12 km away. Kāranja is about 12 km away. Mangrulpir is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.