About Charki Village

Charki is a mid sized village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 373 males and 330 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 111.84 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	111.84 hectares
Population	703
Male Population	373
Female Population	330
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	885
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 Charki compares

By the 2011 count Charki is the 38th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 111.84 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Charki

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

Charki lies about 65 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshpur, 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 Charki
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	9.9 km
Nearest railway station	Maheshpur	18 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	27 km
District headquarters	Giridih	65 km

Villages closest to Charki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Charki village had a population of 703. That makes it the 38th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Charki village has 373 males and 330 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charki has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Charki is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Charki covers 111.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Charki falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Charki is Maheshpur, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Charki.

Charki is about 65 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charki is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Gawan is about 9.9 km away. Maheshpur is about 18 km away. Kodarma is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.