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About Chhota Puro Village

Chhota Puro is a small village in Sundarpahari tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 356, made up of 181 males and 175 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 967 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814156, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Puro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Puro village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Sundarpahari
Pincode 814156
Area (hectares) 217 hectares
Population 356
Male Population 181
Female Population 175
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 967
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chhota Puro compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Puro is the 46th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 300 residents. Its 217 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Chhota Puro

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

How far is Chhota Puro from other places

Chhota Puro 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 Puro
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Sundarpahari 25 km
Nearest town Farakka 28 km
District headquarters Godda 42 km

Villages closest to Chhota Puro

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 Chhota Puro

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Puro village had a population of 356. That makes it the 46th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 300 residents.

Chhota Puro village has 181 males and 175 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Puro has about 967 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1023.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Puro is 814156. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Puro covers 217 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chhota Puro falls under Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Puro is Barharwa Junction, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chhota Puro.

Chhota Puro 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 Puro is in Sundarpahari tehsil of Godda district. Barharwa Junction is about 15 km away. Sundarpahari is about 25 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 Adro (under 2 km), Chhota Palma (under 2 km) and Kubji Maqo (1.7 km).

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

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