About Chalkari Village

Chalkari is a small village in Chalkusa tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 484, made up of 253 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 913 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825323, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chalkari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalkari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Chalkusa
Pincode	825323
Area (hectares)	336 hectares
Population	484
Male Population	253
Female Population	231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	913
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalkari compares

By the 2011 count Chalkari is the 28th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents. Its 336 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Chalkari

Chalkari is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Chalkari as Available within village. 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 Chalkari from other places

Chalkari lies about 39 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Keshwari, about 19 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 Chalkari
Nearest railway station	Keshwari	19 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chalkusa	20 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	39 km

Villages closest to Chalkari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalkari village had a population of 484. That makes it the 28th largest of the 36 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,446 residents.

Chalkari village has 253 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalkari has about 913 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 951.

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

Chalkari covers 336 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chalkari falls under Chalkusa tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chalkari is Keshwari, about 19 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chalkari.

Chalkari is about 39 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalkari is in Chalkusa tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Keshwari is about 19 km away. Barki Saria is about 20 km away. Chalkusa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.