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About Chokar Village

Chokar is a small village in Amarpur tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 308, made up of 159 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55 hectares hectares.

Chokar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chokar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Banka
Tehsil Amarpur
Area (hectares) 55 hectares
Population 308
Male Population 159
Female Population 149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 937
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chokar compares

By the 2011 count Chokar is the 99th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents. Its 55 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Getting to Chokar

Chokar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chokar as Available within 5 - 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. The nearest villages by name are Bishunpur Kol, Bishunpur Kothia, Biswaspur and Chandpur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Chokar

As per the Census of India 2011, Chokar village had a population of 308. That makes it the 99th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,673 residents.

Chokar village has 159 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chokar has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 935.

Chokar covers 55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chokar falls under Amarpur tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The census record for Chokar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chokar.

Chokar is in Amarpur tehsil of Banka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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