About Cheigari Village

Cheigari is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 700, made up of 354 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 303.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Cheigari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Cheigari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	303.37 hectares
Population	700
Male Population	354
Female Population	346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	977
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Cheigari compares

By the 2011 count Cheigari is the 57th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 303.37 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Cheigari

Cheigari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Cheigari as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Cheigari from other places

Cheigari lies about 24 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 25 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 Cheigari
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	10 km
Nearest town	Lohārdagā	22 km
District headquarters	Gumla	24 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	25 km

Villages closest to Cheigari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Cheigari village had a population of 700. That makes it the 57th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Cheigari village has 354 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Cheigari has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Cheigari is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Cheigari covers 303.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Cheigari falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Cheigari is Lohardaga, about 25 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 10+ km distance for Cheigari.

Cheigari is about 24 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Cheigari is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 10 km away. Lohārdagā is about 22 km away. Gumla is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.