About Chilhia Village

Chilhia is a small village in Kanha Chatti tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 208 males and 212 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 146 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chilhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilhia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kanha Chatti
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	146 hectares
Population	420
Male Population	208
Female Population	212
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
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 Chilhia compares

By the 2011 count Chilhia is the 51st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 146 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Chilhia

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

Chilhia lies about 25 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 23 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 Chilhia
Tehsil headquarters	Kanha Chatti	6.5 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	23 km
Nearest town	Bagaha	23 km
District headquarters	Chatra	25 km

Villages closest to Chilhia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kanha Chatti 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 Chilhia

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilhia village had a population of 420. That makes it the 51st largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Chilhia village has 208 males and 212 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilhia has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1000.

The pincode recorded for Chilhia is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chilhia covers 146 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chilhia falls under Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chilhia is Kathautia, about 23 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 Chilhia.

Chilhia is about 25 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilhia is in Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district. Kanha Chatti is about 6.5 km away. Kathautia is about 23 km away. Bagaha is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.