About Chorkata Village

Chorkata is a small village in Margo Munda tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 378, made up of 183 males and 195 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,066 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815353, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chorkata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chorkata village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Margo Munda
Pincode	815353
Area (hectares)	93 hectares
Population	378
Male Population	183
Female Population	195
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,066
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 Chorkata compares

By the 2011 count Chorkata is the 69th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 731 residents. Its 93 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Chorkata

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

Chorkata lies about 32 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 2.4 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 Chorkata
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	2.4 km
Nearest town	Madhupur	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Margo Munda	17 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	32 km

Villages closest to Chorkata

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Margo Munda 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 Chorkata

As per the Census of India 2011, Chorkata village had a population of 378. That makes it the 69th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 731 residents.

Chorkata village has 183 males and 195 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chorkata has about 1066 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Chorkata is 815353. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chorkata covers 93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chorkata falls under Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chorkata is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 2.4 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 Chorkata.

Chorkata is about 32 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chorkata is in Margo Munda tehsil of Deoghar district. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 2.4 km away. Madhupur is about 16 km away. Margo Munda is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.