About Chitgutu Village

Chitgutu is a small village in Verno tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 475, made up of 236 males and 239 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitgutu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitgutu village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Verno
Pincode	835224
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	475
Male Population	236
Female Population	239
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitgutu compares

By the 2011 count Chitgutu is the 60th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Chitgutu

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

How far is Chitgutu from other places

Chitgutu lies about 33 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about 16 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 Chitgutu
Nearest railway station	Bakaspur	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Verno	33 km
District headquarters	Gumla	33 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	33 km

Villages closest to Chitgutu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitgutu village had a population of 475. That makes it the 60th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,236 residents.

Chitgutu village has 236 males and 239 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitgutu has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Chitgutu is 835224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitgutu covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitgutu falls under Verno tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chitgutu is Bakaspur, about 16 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chitgutu.

Chitgutu is about 33 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitgutu is in Verno tehsil of Gumla district. Bakaspur is about 16 km away. Verno is about 33 km away. Gumla is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.