About Chakwa Village

Chakwa is a small village in Pathargama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 495, made up of 266 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 101 hectares hectares.

Chakwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakwa village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Pathargama
Area (hectares)	101 hectares
Population	495
Male Population	266
Female Population	229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	861
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakwa compares

By the 2011 count Chakwa is the 84th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 805 residents. Its 101 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 953.

Getting to Chakwa

Chakwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chakwa as Available. 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 Chakwa from other places

Chakwa lies about 13 km from Pathargama, and the nearest railway station is Godda, 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 Chakwa
Nearest railway station	Godda	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathargama	13 km

Villages closest to Chakwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakwa village had a population of 495. That makes it the 84th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 805 residents.

Chakwa village has 266 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakwa has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Chakwa covers 101 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chakwa falls under Pathargama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chakwa is Godda, 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chakwa.

Chakwa is about 13 km from Pathargama in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakwa is in Pathargama tehsil of Godda district. Godda is about 11 km away. Pathargama is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.