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About Chhota Kerlo Village

Chhota Kerlo is a small village in Boarijor tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 250, made up of 130 males and 120 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares.

Chhota Kerlo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Kerlo village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Boarijor
Area (hectares) 192 hectares
Population 250
Male Population 130
Female Population 120
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chhota Kerlo compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Kerlo is the 141st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Chhota Kerlo

Chhota Kerlo is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chhota Kerlo as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhota Kerlo from other places

Chhota Kerlo lies about 42 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 15 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 Chhota Kerlo
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Boarijor 27 km
Nearest town Farakka 28 km
District headquarters Godda 42 km

Villages closest to Chhota Kerlo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Kerlo village had a population of 250. That makes it the 141st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Chhota Kerlo village has 130 males and 120 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Kerlo has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Chhota Kerlo covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhota Kerlo falls under Boarijor tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Kerlo is Barharwa Junction, about 15 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Chhota Kerlo.

Chhota Kerlo is about 42 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhota Kerlo is in Boarijor tehsil of Godda district. Barharwa Junction is about 15 km away. Boarijor is about 27 km away. Farakka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhota Gogra (under 2 km), Chhota Patma (under 2 km) and Kilo Maqo (1.9 km).

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

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