About Chakia Village

Chakia is a small village in Sheosagar tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 383, made up of 187 males and 196 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,048 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21 hectares hectares.

How Chakia compares

By the 2011 count Chakia is the 126th largest of the 146 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,177 residents. Its 21 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Chakia

Chakia is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chakia as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chakia from other places

Chakia lies about 32 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Khurmabad, about 7.3 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.

Villages closest to Chakia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sheosagar tehsil.

• Budhua under 2 km
• Mitanda under 2 km
• Saunja under 2 km
• Semri Nagi under 2 km
• Manki under 2 km
• Semri Patak 1.5 km

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.