About Chitka Alias Chirka Village

Chitka Alias Chirka is a large village in Chinia tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,251, made up of 1,122 males and 1,129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1982.73 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitka Alias Chirka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitka Alias Chirka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Chinia
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	1982.73 hectares
Population	2,251
Male Population	1,122
Female Population	1,129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
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 Chitka Alias Chirka compares

By the 2011 count Chitka Alias Chirka is the 5th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,294 residents. Its 1982.73 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, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Chitka Alias Chirka

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

Chitka Alias Chirka lies about 24 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 22 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 Chitka Alias Chirka
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chinia	24 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	24 km

Villages closest to Chitka Alias Chirka

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chinia 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 Chitka Alias Chirka

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitka Alias Chirka village had a population of 2,251. That makes it the 5th largest of the 30 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,294 residents.

Chitka Alias Chirka village has 1,122 males and 1,129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitka Alias Chirka has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Chitka Alias Chirka is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitka Alias Chirka covers 1982.73 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.

Chitka Alias Chirka falls under Chinia tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chitka Alias Chirka is Meralgram, about 22 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 Chitka Alias Chirka.

Chitka Alias Chirka is about 24 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitka Alias Chirka is in Chinia tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 22 km away. Chinia is about 24 km away. Garhwa is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ranicheri (1.9 km), Belri Alias Chinia (3.4 km) and Helri Alias Chhatailia (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Chitka Alias Chirka today is likely to be higher.