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About Chirchirwa Village

Chirchirwa is a small village in Thakrahan tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 425, made up of 242 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 756 females per 1000 males. The village covers 676 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845432, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chirchirwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirchirwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Thakrahan
Pincode 845432
Area (hectares) 676 hectares
Population 425
Male Population 242
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 756
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 Chirchirwa compares

By the 2011 count Chirchirwa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,277 residents. Its 676 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 841.

Getting to Chirchirwa

Chirchirwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chirchirwa 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 Chirchirwa from other places

Chirchirwa lies about 25 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Gauri Sriram, about 12 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 Chirchirwa
Tehsil headquarters Thakrahan 11 km
Nearest railway station Gauri Sriram 12 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 25 km
Nearest town Padrauna 26 km

Villages closest to Chirchirwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirchirwa village had a population of 425. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,277 residents.

Chirchirwa village has 242 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirchirwa has about 756 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 841.

The pincode recorded for Chirchirwa is 845432. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chirchirwa covers 676 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chirchirwa falls under Thakrahan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chirchirwa is Gauri Sriram, about 12 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 Chirchirwa.

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

Chirchirwa is in Thakrahan tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Thakrahan is about 11 km away. Gauri Sriram is about 12 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Puraina (1.6 km), Ladiharwa (2.7 km) and Haripur (4.0 km).

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

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