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About Piltaul Kalan Village

Piltaul Kalan is a mid sized village in Kanha Chatti tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 776, made up of 370 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Piltaul Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Piltaul Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Kanha Chatti
Pincode 825401
Area (hectares) 133 hectares
Population 776
Male Population 370
Female Population 406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,097
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 Piltaul Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Piltaul Kalan is the 25th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 133 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Piltaul Kalan

Piltaul Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Piltaul Kalan 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 Piltaul Kalan from other places

Piltaul Kalan lies about 16 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 24 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 Piltaul Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Kanha Chatti 2.9 km
District headquarters Chatra 16 km
Nearest town Chatrā 16 km
Nearest railway station Kathautia 24 km

Villages closest to Piltaul Kalan

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.

Common questions about Piltaul Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Piltaul Kalan village had a population of 776. That makes it the 25th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Piltaul Kalan village has 370 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Piltaul Kalan has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

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

Piltaul Kalan covers 133 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Piltaul Kalan falls under Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Piltaul Kalan is Kathautia, about 24 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 Piltaul Kalan.

Piltaul Kalan is about 16 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Piltaul Kalan is in Kanha Chatti tehsil of Chatra district. Kanha Chatti is about 2.9 km away. Chatra is about 16 km away. Chatrā is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Domragarha (under 2 km), Rajachak (under 2 km) and Piltaul Khurd (under 2 km).

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

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