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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla pays respect to Amrita Devi Bishnoi and martyrs protecting Khejri trees in Khejadli village of Rajasthan
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- LGD code
- 86523
- Pincode
- 345001
- Post office
- Gandhi Colony Jaisalmer
- Population
- 800
- Households
- 114
- Literacy rate
- 40.9%
- Sex ratio
- 770 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 434
- Distance to district centre
- 120 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 71 km
- Distance to Jaipur
- 499 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 677 km
- Nearest railway station
- Jaisalmer · 52 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Chhatangar compares
By population, Chhatangar ranks #49 of 122 villages in Fatehgarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
40.9%
−2.2% vs mandal average
- Chhatangar
- 40.9%
- Fatehgarh mandal
- 43.1%
- Jaisalmer district
- 46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
770
−66 vs mandal average
- Chhatangar
- 770
- Fatehgarh mandal
- 836
Household size
people per home
7.0
+1.2 vs mandal average
- Chhatangar
- 7.0
- Fatehgarh mandal
- 5.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Chhatangar at a glance
Chhatangar is a village of 800 people in 114 households (Census 2011) in Fatehgarh tehsil, Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, the 49th-largest of 122 villages in Fatehgarh tehsil. Literacy is 41%, 2 points below the tehsil average of 43% and the sex ratio is 770 women per 1,000 men. It lies 120 km from the Jaisalmer district centre, 52 km from Jaisalmer railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 345001, served by Gandhi Colony Jaisalmer post office; the LGD village code is 86523. The village votes in Pokaran assembly constituency, represented by MLA Pratap Puri. The population is estimated at 943 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Chhatangar
- LGD code
- 86523
- Pincode
- 345001
- Post office
- Gandhi Colony Jaisalmer
- Population (Census 2011)
- 800
- Population (projected 2026)
- 943
- Households
- 114
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 770
- Literacy rate
- 40.9%
- Coordinates
- 26.46395°N, 70.78451°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Jodhpur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Pokaran
- Member of Parliament
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Pratap Puri
- Block / Mandal
- Fatehgarh
Getting there
How to reach Chhatangar
Distance to cities · straight line
- Jaipur499 kmcapital
- Delhi677 km
- Mumbai849 km
- Hyderabad1284 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationJaisalmer52 km
- Bus stopKhuri Bus Stop18 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-18
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