About Chilga Village

Chilga is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,333, made up of 631 males and 702 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,113 females per 1000 males. The village covers 723 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chilga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Pincode	825315
Area (hectares)	723 hectares
Population	1,333
Male Population	631
Female Population	702
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,113
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chilga compares

By the 2011 count Chilga is the 38th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 723 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Chilga

Chilga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chilga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chilga from other places

Chilga lies about 51 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Dumri Bihar, 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 Chilga
Nearest railway station	Dumri Bihar	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	16 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	51 km

Villages closest to Chilga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilga village had a population of 1,333. That makes it the 38th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Chilga village has 631 males and 702 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilga has about 1113 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Chilga is 825315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chilga covers 723 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chilga falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chilga is Dumri Bihar, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chilga.

Chilga is about 51 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilga is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Dumri Bihar is about 12 km away. Gumia is about 16 km away. Bokaro is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.