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About Chandwari Village

Chandwari is a large village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,598, made up of 1,384 males and 1,214 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 153.02 hectares hectares.

Chandwari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandwari village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 153.02 hectares
Population 2,598
Male Population 1,384
Female Population 1,214
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandwari compares

By the 2011 count Chandwari is the 26th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 153.02 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chandwari

Chandwari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chandwari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Chandwari from other places

Chandwari lies about 25 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Maghar, about 5.6 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 Chandwari
Nearest railway station Maghar 5.6 km
Nearest town Khalīlābād 5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 10 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 25 km

Villages closest to Chandwari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandwari village had a population of 2,598. That makes it the 26th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Chandwari village has 1,384 males and 1,214 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandwari has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Chandwari covers 153.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chandwari falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chandwari is Maghar, about 5.6 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 10+ km distance for Chandwari.

Chandwari is about 25 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandwari is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Maghar is about 5.6 km away. Khalīlābād is about 5.6 km away. Sahjanwa is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Urwalia (under 2 km), Ranukhor (under 2 km) and Paluhapar (1.8 km).

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

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