About Charu Village

Charu is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4, made up of 3 males and 1 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 333 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30 hectares hectares.

Charu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Area (hectares)	30 hectares
Population	4
Male Population	3
Female Population	1
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	333
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 Charu compares

By the 2011 count Charu is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 30 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Charu

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

Charu lies about 15 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 Charu
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	15 km
District headquarters	Chatra	15 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kathautia	24 km

Villages closest to Charu

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.

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Common questions about Charu

As per the Census of India 2011, Charu village had a population of 4. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Charu village has 3 males and 1 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charu has about 333 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Charu covers 30 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Charu falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Charu 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Charu.

Charu is about 15 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charu is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 15 km away. Chatra is about 15 km away. Chatrā is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.