About Chilharua Village

Chilharua is a large village in Dinara tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,710, made up of 1,430 males and 1,280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 519 hectares hectares.

Chilharua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilharua village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Dinara
Area (hectares)	519 hectares
Population	2,710
Male Population	1,430
Female Population	1,280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chilharua compares

By the 2011 count Chilharua is the 12th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents. Its 519 hectares work out to about 5.2 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 938.

Getting to Chilharua

Chilharua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chilharua 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chilharua from other places

Chilharua lies about 65 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Garhnokha, 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 Chilharua
Tehsil headquarters	Dinara	6.4 km
Nearest town	Nokha	11 km
Nearest railway station	Garhnokha	12 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	65 km

Villages closest to Chilharua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilharua village had a population of 2,710. That makes it the 12th largest of the 173 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,259 residents.

Chilharua village has 1,430 males and 1,280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilharua has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Chilharua covers 519 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chilharua falls under Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chilharua is Garhnokha, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chilharua.

Chilharua is about 65 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilharua is in Dinara tehsil of Rohtas district. Dinara is about 6.4 km away. Nokha is about 11 km away. Garhnokha is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.