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About Chaughara Village

Chaughara is a small village in Behea tehsil, in the district of Bhojpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 76 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 57 hectares hectares.

Chaughara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chaughara village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Bhojpur
Tehsil Behea
Area (hectares) 57 hectares
Population 133
Male Population 76
Female Population 57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chaughara compares

By the 2011 count Chaughara is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,016 residents. Its 57 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Getting to Chaughara

Chaughara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chaughara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chaughara from other places

Chaughara lies about 1.9 km from Bhojpur, and the nearest railway station is Pawakhali, about 30 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 Chaughara
Tehsil headquarters Behea 1.9 km
District headquarters Bhojpur 1.9 km
Nearest town Bahādurganj 20 km
Nearest railway station Pawakhali 30 km

Villages closest to Chaughara

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

Common questions about Chaughara

As per the Census of India 2011, Chaughara village had a population of 133. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,016 residents.

Chaughara village has 76 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chaughara has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 911.

Chaughara covers 57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chaughara falls under Behea tehsil of Bhojpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chaughara is Pawakhali, about 30 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Chaughara is about 1.9 km from Bhojpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chaughara is in Behea tehsil of Bhojpur district. Behea is about 1.9 km away. Bhojpur is about 1.9 km away. Bahādurganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bikrampur (3.7 km), Moti Rampur (3.7 km) and Rampur (3.7 km).

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

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