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About Chhapri Kalan Village

Chhapri Kalan is a mid sized village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,225, made up of 661 males and 564 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 897 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhapri Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhapri Kalan village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341511
Area (hectares) 897 hectares
Population 1,225
Male Population 661
Female Population 564
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Chhapri Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Chhapri Kalan is the 86th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 897 hectares work out to about 1.4 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 958.

Getting to Chhapri Kalan

Chhapri Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chhapri Kalan 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhapri Kalan from other places

Chhapri Kalan lies about 49 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Marwar Chapri, 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 Chhapri Kalan
Nearest railway station Marwar Chapri under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Merta 20 km
District headquarters Nagaur 49 km

Villages closest to Chhapri Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Merta 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 Chhapri Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhapri Kalan village had a population of 1,225. That makes it the 86th largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Chhapri Kalan village has 661 males and 564 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhapri Kalan has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Chhapri Kalan is 341511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhapri Kalan covers 897 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhapri Kalan falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Chhapri Kalan is Marwar Chapri, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chhapri Kalan.

Chhapri Kalan is about 49 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhapri Kalan is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Marwar Chapri is about under 2 km away. Merta is about 20 km away. Nagaur is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhapri Khurd (under 2 km), Basni Neta (3.8 km) and Shivrampura (4.1 km).

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

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