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About Bodara Kalan Village

Bodara Kalan is a small village in Chakia tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 164 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85.73 hectares hectares.

Bodara Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bodara Kalan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Chandauli
Tehsil Chakia
Area (hectares) 85.73 hectares
Population 298
Male Population 164
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bodara Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Bodara Kalan is the 342nd largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 784 residents. Its 85.73 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Bodara Kalan

Bodara Kalan is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bodara Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bodara Kalan from other places

Bodara Kalan lies about 22 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Chandauli Majhwar, about 22 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 Bodara Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Chakia 1.7 km
Nearest town Ahraura 20 km
District headquarters Chandauli 22 km
Nearest railway station Chandauli Majhwar 22 km

Villages closest to Bodara Kalan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bodara Kalan village had a population of 298. That makes it the 342nd largest of the 496 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 784 residents.

Bodara Kalan village has 164 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bodara Kalan has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Bodara Kalan covers 85.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bodara Kalan falls under Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bodara Kalan is Chandauli Majhwar, about 22 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bodara Kalan.

Bodara Kalan is about 22 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bodara Kalan is in Chakia tehsil of Chandauli district. Chakia is about 1.7 km away. Ahraura is about 20 km away. Chandauli is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lalpur (under 2 km), Muglalpurwa (under 2 km) and Sheopur Lalpur (under 2 km).

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

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