About Varkara Village

Varkara is a small village in Mayur Hand tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 346, made up of 169 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,047 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825408, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Varkara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Varkara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Mayur Hand
Pincode	825408
Area (hectares)	220 hectares
Population	346
Male Population	169
Female Population	177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,047
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 Varkara compares

By the 2011 count Varkara is the 56th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 569 residents. Its 220 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Varkara

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

Varkara lies about 5.9 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 30 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 Varkara
Tehsil headquarters	Mayur Hand	5.9 km
District headquarters	Chatra	5.9 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	5.9 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	30 km

Villages closest to Varkara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mayur Hand 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 Varkara

As per the Census of India 2011, Varkara village had a population of 346. That makes it the 56th largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 569 residents.

Varkara village has 169 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Varkara has about 1047 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Varkara is 825408. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Varkara covers 220 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Varkara falls under Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Varkara is Katkamsandi, about 30 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 Varkara.

Varkara is about 5.9 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Varkara is in Mayur Hand tehsil of Chatra district. Mayur Hand is about 5.9 km away. Chatra is about 5.9 km away. Chatrā is about 5.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.