About Chiragi Chak Village

Chiragi Chak is a small village in Dhuraiya tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 232, made up of 132 males and 100 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 758 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32 hectares hectares.

Chiragi Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiragi Chak village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Dhuraiya
Area (hectares)	32 hectares
Population	232
Male Population	132
Female Population	100
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	758
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chiragi Chak compares

By the 2011 count Chiragi Chak is the 141st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents. Its 32 hectares work out to about 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Chiragi Chak

Chiragi Chak is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chiragi Chak as Available within 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chiragi Chak from other places

Chiragi Chak lies about 25 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 8.6 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 Chiragi Chak
Nearest railway station	Godda	8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhuraiya	25 km
District headquarters	Banka	25 km

Villages closest to Chiragi Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhuraiya 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 Chiragi Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiragi Chak village had a population of 232. That makes it the 141st largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,322 residents.

Chiragi Chak village has 132 males and 100 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiragi Chak has about 758 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Chiragi Chak covers 32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chiragi Chak falls under Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chiragi Chak is Godda, about 8.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chiragi Chak.

Chiragi Chak is about 25 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiragi Chak is in Dhuraiya tehsil of Banka district. Godda is about 8.6 km away. Dhuraiya is about 25 km away. Banka is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.