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About Checharia Kalan Village

Checharia Kalan is a small village in Kandi tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 24, made up of 12 males and 12 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Checharia Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Checharia Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Kandi
Pincode 822120
Area (hectares) 70.31 hectares
Population 24
Male Population 12
Female Population 12
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Checharia Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Checharia Kalan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents. Its 70.31 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Checharia Kalan

Checharia Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Checharia Kalan as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Checharia Kalan from other places

Checharia Kalan lies about 29 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Muhammadganj, about 3.7 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 Checharia Kalan
Nearest railway station Muhammadganj 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandi 9.8 km
Nearest town Bishrāmpur 20 km
District headquarters Garhwa 29 km

Villages closest to Checharia Kalan

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

Common questions about Checharia Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Checharia Kalan village had a population of 24. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,085 residents.

Checharia Kalan village has 12 males and 12 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Checharia Kalan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Checharia Kalan is 822120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Checharia Kalan covers 70.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Checharia Kalan falls under Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Checharia Kalan is Muhammadganj, about 3.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Checharia Kalan.

Checharia Kalan is about 29 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Checharia Kalan is in Kandi tehsil of Garhwa district. Muhammadganj is about 3.7 km away. Kandi is about 9.8 km away. Bishrāmpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Checharia Khurd (under 2 km), Bhandaria (under 2 km) and Sohgara (under 2 km).

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

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