About Butkuia Village

Butkuia is a small village in Kunda tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 493, made up of 243 males and 250 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 704 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butkuia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butkuia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Kunda
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	704 hectares
Population	493
Male Population	243
Female Population	250
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Butkuia compares

By the 2011 count Butkuia is the 20th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. Its 704 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Butkuia

Butkuia is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Butkuia as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Butkuia from other places

Butkuia lies about 30 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 46 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 Butkuia
Tehsil headquarters	Kunda	8.6 km
District headquarters	Chatra	30 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	30 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	46 km

Villages closest to Butkuia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Butkuia village had a population of 493. That makes it the 20th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Butkuia village has 243 males and 250 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butkuia has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

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

Butkuia covers 704 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Butkuia falls under Kunda tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Butkuia is Balumath, about 46 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Butkuia.

Butkuia is about 30 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butkuia is in Kunda tehsil of Chatra district. Kunda is about 8.6 km away. Chatra is about 30 km away. Chatrā is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.