About Chiguadih Village

Chiguadih is a small village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 230 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 24.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chiguadih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiguadih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	24.56 hectares
Population	431
Male Population	230
Female Population	201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	874
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 Chiguadih compares

By the 2011 count Chiguadih is the 184th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 24.56 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Chiguadih

Chiguadih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chiguadih 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 Chiguadih from other places

Chiguadih lies about 48 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 8.4 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 Chiguadih
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanwar	14 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	19 km
District headquarters	Giridih	48 km

Villages closest to Chiguadih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiguadih village had a population of 431. That makes it the 184th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Chiguadih village has 230 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiguadih has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Chiguadih is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chiguadih covers 24.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Chiguadih falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chiguadih is Nawadih, about 8.4 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 Chiguadih.

Chiguadih is about 48 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiguadih is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Nawadih is about 8.4 km away. Dhanwar is about 14 km away. Barki Saria is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.