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About Chiuntaha Village

Chiuntaha is a mid sized village in Kotwa tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,575, made up of 839 males and 736 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares.

Chiuntaha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiuntaha village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Kotwa
Area (hectares) 168 hectares
Population 1,575
Male Population 839
Female Population 736
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chiuntaha compares

By the 2011 count Chiuntaha is the 29th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Chiuntaha

Chiuntaha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chiuntaha 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 Chiuntaha from other places

Chiuntaha lies about 12 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 6.6 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 Chiuntaha
Tehsil headquarters Kotwa 2.0 km
Nearest railway station Jiwdhara 6.6 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 12 km
Nearest town Mothīhāri 13 km

Villages closest to Chiuntaha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiuntaha village had a population of 1,575. That makes it the 29th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents.

Chiuntaha village has 839 males and 736 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiuntaha has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 887.

Chiuntaha covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chiuntaha falls under Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chiuntaha is Jiwdhara, about 6.6 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chiuntaha.

Chiuntaha is about 12 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiuntaha is in Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kotwa is about 2.0 km away. Jiwdhara is about 6.6 km away. Purba Champaran is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotwa (2.0 km), Mathurapur Math Gopal (2.5 km) and Barharwa Kalan (2.6 km).

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

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