About Chitarpurd Village

Chitarpurd is a small village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 397, made up of 217 males and 180 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitarpurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitarpurd village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	135 hectares
Population	397
Male Population	217
Female Population	180
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	829
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chitarpurd compares

By the 2011 count Chitarpurd is the 149th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 135 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Chitarpurd

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

How far is Chitarpurd from other places

Chitarpurd lies about 9.4 km from Gande, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 9.6 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 Chitarpurd
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	9.4 km
Nearest railway station	Giridih	9.6 km

Villages closest to Chitarpurd

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitarpurd village had a population of 397. That makes it the 149th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Chitarpurd village has 217 males and 180 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitarpurd has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Chitarpurd is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitarpurd covers 135 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitarpurd falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chitarpurd is Giridih, about 9.6 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chitarpurd.

Chitarpurd is about 9.4 km from Gande in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitarpurd is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 9.4 km away. Giridih is about 9.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.