About Chotha Village

Chotha is a mid sized village in Barkatha tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 260 males and 278 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chotha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chotha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkatha
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	88 hectares
Population	538
Male Population	260
Female Population	278
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
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 Chotha compares

By the 2011 count Chotha is the 52nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Chotha

Chotha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chotha 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 Chotha from other places

Chotha lies about 28 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 22 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 Chotha
Nearest railway station	Padma	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barkatha	28 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	28 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	28 km

Villages closest to Chotha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chotha village had a population of 538. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,483 residents.

Chotha village has 260 males and 278 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chotha has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Chotha is 825323. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chotha covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chotha falls under Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chotha is Padma, about 22 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 Chotha.

Chotha is about 28 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chotha is in Barkatha tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Padma is about 22 km away. Barkatha is about 28 km away. Hazaribagh is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.