About Chain Village

Chain is a mid sized village in Ghorawal tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 534, made up of 294 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 231210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chain Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chain village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sonbhadra
Tehsil	Ghorawal
Pincode	231210
Area (hectares)	57.71 hectares
Population	534
Male Population	294
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chain compares

By the 2011 count Chain is the 183rd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 822 residents. Its 57.71 hectares work out to about 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Chain

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

Chain lies about 32 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Lusa, about 16 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 Chain
Tehsil headquarters	Ghorawal	2.4 km
Nearest railway station	Lusa	16 km
District headquarters	Sonbhadra	32 km
Nearest town	Robertsganj	32 km

Villages closest to Chain

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chain village had a population of 534. That makes it the 183rd largest of the 336 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 822 residents.

Chain village has 294 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chain has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

The pincode recorded for Chain is 231210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chain covers 57.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chain falls under Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Chain is Lusa, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chain.

Chain is about 32 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chain is in Ghorawal tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Ghorawal is about 2.4 km away. Lusa is about 16 km away. Sonbhadra is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.