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About Chhotka Teghra Village

Chhotka Teghra is a large village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,937, made up of 1,509 males and 1,428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.13 hectares hectares.

Chhotka Teghra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhotka Teghra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Maharajganj
Area (hectares) 136.13 hectares
Population 2,937
Male Population 1,509
Female Population 1,428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chhotka Teghra compares

By the 2011 count Chhotka Teghra is the 23rd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents. Its 136.13 hectares work out to about 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Chhotka Teghra

Chhotka Teghra 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 Chhotka Teghra as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhotka Teghra from other places

Chhotka Teghra lies about 19 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 2.1 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 Chhotka Teghra
Nearest railway station Bishunpur Mahuari Halt 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Maharajganj 4.3 km
Nearest town Mahārājgani 4.3 km
District headquarters Siwan 19 km

Villages closest to Chhotka Teghra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Maharajganj 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 Chhotka Teghra

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhotka Teghra village had a population of 2,937. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 65 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,409 residents.

Chhotka Teghra village has 1,509 males and 1,428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhotka Teghra has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Chhotka Teghra covers 136.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 22 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chhotka Teghra falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Chhotka Teghra is Bishunpur Mahuari Halt, about 2.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chhotka Teghra.

Chhotka Teghra is about 19 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhotka Teghra is in Maharajganj tehsil of Siwan district. Bishunpur Mahuari Halt is about 2.1 km away. Maharajganj is about 4.3 km away. Mahārājgani is about 4.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kas Deura (under 2 km), Teghra (under 2 km) and Harkeshpur (under 2 km).

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

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