About Chontha Village

Chontha is a mid sized village in Bishungarh tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,207, made up of 601 males and 606 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 148.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chontha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chontha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Bishungarh
Pincode	825312
Area (hectares)	148.11 hectares
Population	1,207
Male Population	601
Female Population	606
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chontha compares

By the 2011 count Chontha is the 35th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents. Its 148.11 hectares work out to about 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Chontha

Chontha is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chontha as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chontha from other places

Chontha lies about 45 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribagh Road, 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 Chontha
Tehsil headquarters	Bishungarh	6.2 km
Nearest railway station	Hazaribagh Road	16 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	16 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	45 km

Villages closest to Chontha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chontha village had a population of 1,207. That makes it the 35th largest of the 87 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,669 residents.

Chontha village has 601 males and 606 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chontha has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Chontha is 825312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chontha covers 148.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Chontha falls under Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chontha is Hazaribagh Road, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Chontha.

Chontha is about 45 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chontha is in Bishungarh tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Bishungarh is about 6.2 km away. Hazaribagh Road is about 16 km away. Barki Saria is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.