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About Chani Village

Chani is a large village in Kolayat tehsil, in the district of Bikaner, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,717, made up of 1,424 males and 1,293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4488 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 334302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chani village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Bikaner
Tehsil Kolayat
Pincode 334302
Area (hectares) 4488 hectares
Population 2,717
Male Population 1,424
Female Population 1,293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chani compares

By the 2011 count Chani is the 29th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents. Its 4488 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Chani

Chani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chani from other places

Chani lies about 34 km from Bikaner, and the nearest railway station is Channi, 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 Chani
Nearest railway station Channi under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kolayat 6.5 km
District headquarters Bikaner 34 km

Villages closest to Chani

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

Common questions about Chani

As per the Census of India 2011, Chani village had a population of 2,717. That makes it the 29th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents.

Chani village has 1,424 males and 1,293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chani has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 888.

The pincode recorded for Chani is 334302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chani covers 4488 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chani falls under Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Chani is Channi, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chani.

Chani is about 34 km from Bikaner in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chani is in Kolayat tehsil of Bikaner district. Channi is about under 2 km away. Kolayat is about 6.5 km away. Bikaner is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Inda Ka Bala (2.2 km), Prithviraj Ka Bera (2.2 km) and Kotri (5.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chani today is likely to be higher.

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