About Chhatarchua Village

Chhatarchua is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 219 males and 203 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhatarchua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhatarchua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	258.74 hectares
Population	422
Male Population	219
Female Population	203
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chhatarchua compares

By the 2011 count Chhatarchua is the 32nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 258.74 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Chhatarchua

Chhatarchua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chhatarchua as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chhatarchua from other places

Chhatarchua lies about 33 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 23 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 Chhatarchua
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	3.4 km
Nearest railway station	Ambajora Shikaripara	23 km
District headquarters	Dumka	33 km

Villages closest to Chhatarchua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhatarchua village had a population of 422. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Chhatarchua village has 219 males and 203 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhatarchua has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Chhatarchua is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhatarchua covers 258.74 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.

Chhatarchua falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhatarchua is Ambajora Shikaripara, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chhatarchua.

Chhatarchua is about 33 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhatarchua is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 3.4 km away. Ambajora Shikaripara is about 23 km away. Dumka is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.