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About Chalgoda Village

Chalgoda is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 31, made up of 16 males and 15 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 120.29 hectares hectares.

Chalgoda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalgoda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Area (hectares) 120.29 hectares
Population 31
Male Population 16
Female Population 15
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Chalgoda compares

By the 2011 count Chalgoda is the 195th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 120.29 hectares work out to about 0.3 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 1023.

Getting to Chalgoda

Chalgoda 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 Chalgoda 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 Chalgoda from other places

Chalgoda lies about 23 km from Godda. 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 Chalgoda
District headquarters Godda 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 32 km

Villages closest to Chalgoda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalgoda village had a population of 31. That makes it the 195th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Chalgoda village has 16 males and 15 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalgoda has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Chalgoda covers 120.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chalgoda falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Chalgoda notes the nearest railway station as Available.

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

Chalgoda is about 23 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalgoda is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Godda is about 23 km away. Sundarpahari is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pusur Kuriya (under 2 km), Gandarama (1.7 km) and Dawgoda (1.9 km).

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

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