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About Angara Village

Angara is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 107 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 247.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Angara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Angara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Chatra
Tehsil Lawalaung
Pincode 825404
Area (hectares) 247.88 hectares
Population 225
Male Population 107
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,103
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Angara compares

By the 2011 count Angara is the 60th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 247.88 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 970.

Getting to Angara

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

Angara lies about 12 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 28 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 Angara
Tehsil headquarters Lawalaung 12 km
District headquarters Chatra 12 km
Nearest town Chatrā 12 km
Nearest railway station Shivpur 28 km

Villages closest to Angara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Angara village had a population of 225. That makes it the 60th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Angara village has 107 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Angara has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

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

Angara covers 247.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Angara falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Angara is Shivpur, about 28 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 5 - 10 km distance for Angara.

Angara is about 12 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Angara is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 12 km away. Chatra is about 12 km away. Chatrā is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sarhachia (1.6 km), Ratnag (2.1 km) and Karma (2.2 km).

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

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