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About Checharia Village

Checharia is a small village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 60 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,067 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Checharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Checharia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Dumri
Pincode 815306
Area (hectares) 50.38 hectares
Population 124
Male Population 60
Female Population 64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,067
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 Checharia compares

By the 2011 count Checharia is the 155th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 50.38 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Checharia

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

Checharia lies about 47 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nimiaghat, about 11 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 Dumri 11 km
Nearest railway station Nimiaghat 11 km
Nearest town Kāro 13 km
District headquarters Giridih 47 km

Villages closest to Checharia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Checharia village had a population of 124. That makes it the 155th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Checharia village has 60 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Checharia has about 1067 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Checharia is 815306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Checharia covers 50.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Checharia falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Checharia is Nimiaghat, about 11 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 Checharia.

Checharia is about 47 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Checharia is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Dumri is about 11 km away. Nimiaghat is about 11 km away. Kāro is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makan (1.9 km), Chandan Kurwa (2.8 km) and Tengra Kalan (3.7 km).

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

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