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- LGD code
- 540781
- Pincode
- 441206
- Post office
- Bramhapuri
- Population
- 3,041
- Households
- 804
- Literacy rate
- 67.1%
- Sex ratio
- 988 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,848
- Distance to district centre
- 472 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 522 km
- Distance to Mumbai
- 267 km
- Distance to Hyderabad
- 564 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dhule · 20 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Ner · 10 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chaugaon compares
By population, Chaugaon ranks #8 of 136 villages in Brahmapuri mandal.
Literacy rate
%
67.1%
+0.3% vs mandal average
Chaugaon67.1%
Brahmapuri mandal66.8%
Chandrapur district71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
988
+5 vs mandal average
Chaugaon988
Brahmapuri mandal983
Household size
people per home
3.8
−0.2 vs mandal average
Chaugaon3.8
Brahmapuri mandal4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chaugaon at a glance
Chaugaon is a village of 3,041 people in 804 households (Census 2011) in Brahmapuri taluka, Chandrapur district, Maharashtra, the 8th-largest of 136 villages in Brahmapuri taluka. Literacy is 67%, about the same as the taluka average of 67% and the sex ratio is 988 women per 1,000 men. It lies 472 km from the Chandrapur district centre, 27 km from Fagne, the nearest town, 20 km from Dhule railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 441206, served by Bramhapuri post office; the LGD village code is 540781. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Ner, 10 km away. The village votes in Chimur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Banti Bhangdiya. The population is estimated at 3,585 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Chaugaon
- Treated tap water
- Yes
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- Yes
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 16
- Power hours (winter)
- 18
- Primary school
- 2
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 1
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- BRAHMAPURI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 135
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 10
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 1,082.53
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 731.9
- Forest area (ha)
- 117.21
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Chaugaon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Chaugaon
- LGD code
- 540781
- Pincode
- 441206
- Post office
- Bramhapuri
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,041
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,585
- Households
- 804
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 988
- Literacy rate
- 67.1%
- Coordinates
- 20.87000°N, 74.58000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Gadchiroli-Chimur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chimur
- Member of Parliament
- Namdeo Kirsan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Banti Bhangdiya
- Block / Mandal
- Brahmapuri
Getting there
How to reach Chaugaon
Distance to cities · straight line
- Mumbai267 kmcapital
- Hyderabad564 km
- Delhi901 km
- Bengaluru935 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDhule20 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Ner10 km
- ATM / bankBank of Baroda32 km
- Petrol pumpHP25 km
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- KhedmaktaBrahmapuri mandal3,922 pop
- MudazaBrahmapuri mandal3,659 pop
- HaldaBrahmapuri mandal3,555 pop
- NanhoriBrahmapuri mandal2,978 pop
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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