About Charka Kalan Village

Charka Kalan is a mid sized village in Pratappur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,141, made up of 589 males and 552 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 937 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charka Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charka Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Pratappur
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	216 hectares
Population	1,141
Male Population	589
Female Population	552
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	937
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 Charka Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Charka Kalan is the 35th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 717 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Charka Kalan

Charka Kalan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Charka Kalan 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 Charka Kalan from other places

Charka Kalan lies about 97 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Untari Road, about 9.2 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 Charka Kalan
Tehsil headquarters	Pratappur	8.8 km
Nearest town	Bishrāmpur	8.8 km
Nearest railway station	Untari Road	9.2 km
District headquarters	Chatra	97 km

Villages closest to Charka Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pratappur 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 Charka Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Charka Kalan village had a population of 1,141. That makes it the 35th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 717 residents.

Charka Kalan village has 589 males and 552 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charka Kalan has about 937 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 949.

The pincode recorded for Charka Kalan is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charka Kalan covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Charka Kalan falls under Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Charka Kalan is Untari Road, about 9.2 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 Charka Kalan.

Charka Kalan is about 97 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charka Kalan is in Pratappur tehsil of Chatra district. Pratappur is about 8.8 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 8.8 km away. Untari Road is about 9.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.