About Cheran Village

Cheran is one of the larger villages in Harnaut tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,181, made up of 4,280 males and 3,901 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 911 females per 1000 males. The village covers 310 hectares hectares.

Cheran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cheran village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Harnaut
Area (hectares)	310 hectares
Population	8,181
Male Population	4,280
Female Population	3,901
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	911
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Cheran compares

By the 2011 count Cheran is the 5th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents. Its 310 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Getting to Cheran

Cheran is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Cheran as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Cheran from other places

Cheran lies about 20 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Harnaut, about under 2 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 Cheran
Nearest railway station	Harnaut	under 2 km
Nearest town	Bakhtiarpur	11 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	20 km

Villages closest to Cheran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cheran village had a population of 8,181. That makes it the 5th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,669 residents.

Cheran village has 4,280 males and 3,901 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cheran has about 911 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 906.

Cheran covers 310 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Cheran falls under Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Cheran is Harnaut, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Cheran.

Cheran is about 20 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cheran is in Harnaut tehsil of Nalanda district. Harnaut is about under 2 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 11 km away. Nalanda is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.