About Chiraia Village

Chiraia is one of the larger villages in Baisi tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,627, made up of 4,511 males and 4,116 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 476 hectares hectares.

Chiraia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiraia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purnia
Tehsil	Baisi
Area (hectares)	476 hectares
Population	8,627
Male Population	4,511
Female Population	4,116
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	912
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Chiraia compares

By the 2011 count Chiraia is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,023 residents. Its 476 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Chiraia

Chiraia 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 Chiraia 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chiraia from other places

Chiraia lies about 33 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Dalkhola, about 5.0 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 Chiraia
Tehsil headquarters	Baisi	4.6 km
Nearest railway station	Dalkhola	5.0 km
Nearest town	Kasba	25 km
District headquarters	Purnia	33 km

Villages closest to Chiraia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiraia village had a population of 8,627. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,023 residents.

Chiraia village has 4,511 males and 4,116 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiraia has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 937.

Chiraia covers 476 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chiraia falls under Baisi tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chiraia is Dalkhola, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Chiraia is about 33 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiraia is in Baisi tehsil of Purnia district. Baisi is about 4.6 km away. Dalkhola is about 5.0 km away. Kasba is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.