About Chakla Village

Chakla is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,190, made up of 591 males and 599 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1094 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	1094 hectares
Population	1,190
Male Population	591
Female Population	599
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,014
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 Chakla compares

By the 2011 count Chakla is the 46th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 1094 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 962.

Getting to Chakla

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

Chakla lies about 22 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Guraru, about 49 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 Chakla
Nearest town	Sherghāti	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	22 km
District headquarters	Chatra	22 km
Nearest railway station	Guraru	49 km

Villages closest to Chakla

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Chakla

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakla village had a population of 1,190. That makes it the 46th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Chakla village has 591 males and 599 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakla has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 962.

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

Chakla covers 1094 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chakla falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chakla is Guraru, about 49 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 Chakla.

Chakla is about 22 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakla is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Sherghāti is about 22 km away. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 22 km away. Chatra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.