About Chatma Village

Chatma is a mid sized village in Shambhuganj tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,756, made up of 992 males and 764 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 770 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85 hectares hectares.

Chatma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chatma village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Shambhuganj
Area (hectares)	85 hectares
Population	1,756
Male Population	992
Female Population	764
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	770
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chatma compares

By the 2011 count Chatma is the 35th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents. Its 85 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Chatma

Chatma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chatma as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chatma from other places

Chatma lies about 34 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Kamarganj, about 14 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 Chatma
Nearest railway station	Kamarganj	14 km
Nearest town	Sultānganj	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shambhuganj	34 km
District headquarters	Banka	34 km

Villages closest to Chatma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shambhuganj 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 Chatma

As per the Census of India 2011, Chatma village had a population of 1,756. That makes it the 35th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,328 residents.

Chatma village has 992 males and 764 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chatma has about 770 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 879.

Chatma covers 85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chatma falls under Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chatma is Kamarganj, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chatma.

Chatma is about 34 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chatma is in Shambhuganj tehsil of Banka district. Kamarganj is about 14 km away. Sultānganj is about 14 km away. Shambhuganj is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.