# Chandla Village, Babai, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Babai, Hoshangabad 

# Chandla

Chandla is a village in Babai sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **613 people in 128 households**, the 70th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 613people (2011)
- 128households
- 70.3%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Chandla PIN code and other codes

Chandla falls in Babai sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBabai
- Census village code487518

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Chandla from nearby towns?

- Babai (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)8 km by road
- Hoshangabad (nearest town)8 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Chandla?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Chandla; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Sanga Kheda Kalan
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Hoshangabad
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM5–10 km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 8 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Chandla known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 82% of the 458 hectares of village land is sown, and 371 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Chandla

Of every 100 households in Chandla in 2011, 72 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Chandla · ■ Babai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****40%**

**31%

Television ****16%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Chandla?

■ Chandla · ■ Babai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**911

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**919

Working population ****37.0%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 58.9% for women. 51% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 64 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (43%) · **■** Other work 37 (16%) · **■** Marginal 28 (12%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Babai

- Jhalsargonth650 people
- Maragaon636 people
- Guradiya Moti631 people
- Singhpur625 people
- Raipura609 people
- Bikori590 people
- Mudiya Kheda537 people
- Khairi527 people

[All 106 villages in Babai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/babai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Chandla from Hoshangabad?8 km by road
- What is the population of Chandla?613 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Chandla in?Hoshangabad district (Babai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Chandla?70.3% (Census 2011)