About Chakri Village

Chakri is a small village in Dandai tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 235, made up of 127 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 425 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chakri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakri village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Dandai
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	425 hectares
Population	235
Male Population	127
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	850
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakri compares

By the 2011 count Chakri is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents. Its 425 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

Getting to Chakri

Chakri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chakri as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Chakri from other places

Chakri lies about 18 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 16 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 Chakri
Tehsil headquarters	Dandai	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	16 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	18 km

Villages closest to Chakri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakri village had a population of 235. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,274 residents.

Chakri village has 127 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakri has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 959.

The pincode recorded for Chakri is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chakri covers 425 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chakri falls under Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chakri is Meralgram, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chakri.

Chakri is about 18 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakri is in Dandai tehsil of Garhwa district. Dandai is about 9.4 km away. Meralgram is about 16 km away. Garhwa is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.