About Chhan Village

Chhan is a mid sized village in Gangdhar tehsil, in the district of Jhalawar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,257, made up of 654 males and 603 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 934.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 326514, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhan village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Jhalawar
Tehsil	Gangdhar
Pincode	326514
Area (hectares)	934.88 hectares
Population	1,257
Male Population	654
Female Population	603
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	922
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhan compares

By the 2011 count Chhan is the 32nd largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 865 residents. Its 934.88 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Chhan

Chhan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chhan as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Chhan from other places

Chhan lies about 80 km from Jhalawar, and the nearest railway station is Nathukheri, about 32 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 Chhan
Nearest town	Agar	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gangdhar	32 km
Nearest railway station	Nathukheri	32 km
District headquarters	Jhalawar	80 km

Villages closest to Chhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhan village had a population of 1,257. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 181 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 865 residents.

Chhan village has 654 males and 603 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhan has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Chhan is 326514. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhan covers 934.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhan falls under Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Chhan is Nathukheri, about 32 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chhan.

Chhan is about 80 km from Jhalawar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhan is in Gangdhar tehsil of Jhalawar district. Agar is about 23 km away. Gangdhar is about 32 km away. Nathukheri is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.