About Burha Chanch Village

Burha Chanch is a mid sized village in Bagodar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,232, made up of 619 males and 613 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 451 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825106, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Burha Chanch Overview

Census 2011 figures for Burha Chanch village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Bagodar
Pincode	825106
Area (hectares)	451 hectares
Population	1,232
Male Population	619
Female Population	613
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
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 Burha Chanch compares

By the 2011 count Burha Chanch is the 35th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents. Its 451 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 978.

Getting to Burha Chanch

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

Burha Chanch lies about 58 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Keshwari, 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 Burha Chanch
Tehsil headquarters	Bagodar	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Keshwari	16 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	17 km
District headquarters	Giridih	58 km

Villages closest to Burha Chanch

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bagodar 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 Burha Chanch

As per the Census of India 2011, Burha Chanch village had a population of 1,232. That makes it the 35th largest of the 61 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,567 residents.

Burha Chanch village has 619 males and 613 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Burha Chanch has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 978.

The pincode recorded for Burha Chanch is 825106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Burha Chanch covers 451 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Burha Chanch falls under Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Burha Chanch is Keshwari, 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 10+ km distance for Burha Chanch.

Burha Chanch is about 58 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Burha Chanch is in Bagodar tehsil of Giridih district. Bagodar is about 9.3 km away. Keshwari is about 16 km away. Barki Saria is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.