About Checharia Village

Checharia is a large village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,011, made up of 1,060 males and 951 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 349.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Checharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Checharia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822112
Area (hectares)	349.32 hectares
Population	2,011
Male Population	1,060
Female Population	951
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Checharia compares

By the 2011 count Checharia is the 10th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 349.32 hectares work out to about 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Checharia

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

Checharia lies about 43 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 18 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
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	3.8 km
Nearest railway station	Nagar Untari	18 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	43 km

Villages closest to Checharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Checharia village had a population of 2,011. That makes it the 10th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Checharia village has 1,060 males and 951 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Checharia has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Checharia is 822112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Checharia covers 349.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Checharia falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Checharia is Nagar Untari, about 18 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 10+ km distance for Checharia.

Checharia is about 43 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Checharia is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 3.8 km away. Nagar Untari is about 18 km away. Garhwa is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.