About Chetra Village

Chetra is a mid sized village in Vidyapati Nagar tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,218, made up of 652 males and 566 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257 hectares hectares.

Chetra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chetra village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Samastipur
Tehsil	Vidyapati Nagar
Area (hectares)	257 hectares
Population	1,218
Male Population	652
Female Population	566
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chetra compares

By the 2011 count Chetra is the 26th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 4,369 residents. Its 257 hectares work out to about 4.7 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 914.

Getting to Chetra

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

Chetra lies about 30 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Harpar Bochaha, about 1.6 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 Chetra
Nearest railway station	Harpar Bochaha	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vidyapati Nagar	6.1 km
Nearest town	Dalsingh Sarai	12 km
District headquarters	Samastipur	30 km

Villages closest to Chetra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Vidyapati Nagar 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 Chetra

As per the Census of India 2011, Chetra village had a population of 1,218. That makes it the 26th largest of the 35 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,369 residents.

Chetra village has 652 males and 566 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chetra has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Chetra covers 257 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chetra falls under Vidyapati Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chetra is Harpar Bochaha, about 1.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chetra.

Chetra is about 30 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chetra is in Vidyapati Nagar tehsil of Samastipur district. Harpar Bochaha is about 1.6 km away. Vidyapati Nagar is about 6.1 km away. Dalsingh Sarai is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.