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About Chora Village

Chora is a mid sized village in Kasmar tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 951, made up of 489 males and 462 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 333.34 hectares hectares.

Chora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chora village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Bokaro
Tehsil Kasmar
Area (hectares) 333.34 hectares
Population 951
Male Population 489
Female Population 462
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chora compares

By the 2011 count Chora is the 34th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents. Its 333.34 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Chora

Chora is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chora as Available within 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 Chora from other places

Chora lies about 33 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Barlanga, about 8.3 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.

Distances from Chora
Nearest railway station Barlanga 8.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasmar 12 km
Nearest town Chitarpur 25 km
District headquarters Bokaro 33 km

Villages closest to Chora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chora village had a population of 951. That makes it the 34th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,363 residents.

Chora village has 489 males and 462 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chora has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 964.

Chora covers 333.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chora falls under Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chora is Barlanga, about 8.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chora.

Chora is about 33 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chora is in Kasmar tehsil of Bokaro district. Barlanga is about 8.3 km away. Kasmar is about 12 km away. Chitarpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhursatanr (under 2 km), Dabhadih (under 2 km) and Hisim (2.1 km).

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

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