About Chalkari Village

Chalkari is a small village in Topchanchi tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 430, made up of 209 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,057 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132 hectares hectares.

Chalkari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalkari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dhanbad
Tehsil	Topchanchi
Area (hectares)	132 hectares
Population	430
Male Population	209
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,057

How Chalkari compares

By the 2011 count Chalkari is the 73rd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,078 residents. Its 132 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

How far is Chalkari from other places

Chalkari lies about 48 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Bermo, about 1.8 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 Chalkari
Nearest railway station	Bermo	1.8 km
Nearest town	Jāridih	2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters	Topchanchi	30 km
District headquarters	Dhanbad	48 km

Villages closest to Chalkari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalkari village had a population of 430. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 102 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,078 residents.

Chalkari village has 209 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalkari has about 1057 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Chalkari covers 132 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chalkari falls under Topchanchi tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chalkari is Bermo, about 1.8 km away in a straight line.

Chalkari is about 48 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalkari is in Topchanchi tehsil of Dhanbad district. Bermo is about 1.8 km away. Jāridih is about 2.0 km away. Topchanchi is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.