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About Chongawari Village

Chongawari is a mid sized village in Gangrar tehsil, in the district of Chittaurgarh, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,103, made up of 586 males and 517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 882 females per 1000 males. The village covers 733.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 312901, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chongawari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chongawari village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Chittaurgarh
Tehsil Gangrar
Pincode 312901
Area (hectares) 733.46 hectares
Population 1,103
Male Population 586
Female Population 517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 882
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chongawari compares

By the 2011 count Chongawari is the 26th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 801 residents. Its 733.46 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 990.

Getting to Chongawari

Chongawari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chongawari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Chongawari from other places

Chongawari lies about 15 km from Chittaurgarh, and the nearest railway station is Det, about 3.1 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 Chongawari
Nearest railway station Det 3.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Gangrar 6.8 km
District headquarters Chittaurgarh 15 km
Nearest town Chittorgarh 15 km

Villages closest to Chongawari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chongawari village had a population of 1,103. That makes it the 26th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 801 residents.

Chongawari village has 586 males and 517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chongawari has about 882 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Chongawari is 312901. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chongawari covers 733.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chongawari falls under Gangrar tehsil of Chittaurgarh district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Chongawari is Det, about 3.1 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chongawari.

Chongawari is about 15 km from Chittaurgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chongawari is in Gangrar tehsil of Chittaurgarh district. Det is about 3.1 km away. Gangrar is about 6.8 km away. Chittaurgarh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Suwaniya (2.0 km), Jodhsingh Ka Khera (2.0 km) and Laxmansingh Ji Ka Khera (2.0 km).

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

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