About Peksa Village

Peksa is a mid sized village in Gidhaur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,355, made up of 698 males and 657 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 401 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Peksa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Peksa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Gidhaur
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	401 hectares
Population	1,355
Male Population	698
Female Population	657
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Peksa compares

By the 2011 count Peksa is the 10th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents. Its 401 hectares work out to about 3.4 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 966.

Getting to Peksa

Peksa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Peksa as Available within 5 - 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 Peksa from other places

Peksa lies about 14 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 22 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 Peksa
Tehsil headquarters	Gidhaur	4.7 km
District headquarters	Chatra	14 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	14 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	22 km

Villages closest to Peksa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Peksa village had a population of 1,355. That makes it the 10th largest of the 38 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,077 residents.

Peksa village has 698 males and 657 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Peksa has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

The pincode recorded for Peksa is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Peksa covers 401 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Peksa falls under Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Peksa is Katkamsandi, about 22 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Peksa.

Peksa is about 14 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Peksa is in Gidhaur tehsil of Chatra district. Gidhaur is about 4.7 km away. Chatra is about 14 km away. Chatrā is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.