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About Roktachuan Village

Roktachuan is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 44 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Roktachuan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Roktachuan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 825606
Area (hectares) 162.11 hectares
Population 89
Male Population 44
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,023
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 Roktachuan compares

By the 2011 count Roktachuan is the 189th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 162.11 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

Getting to Roktachuan

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

Roktachuan lies about 58 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Baskatwa B. H. Railway Station, about 4.2 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 Roktachuan
Nearest railway station Baskatwa B. H. Railway Station 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 17 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 21 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 58 km

Villages closest to Roktachuan

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

Common questions about Roktachuan

As per the Census of India 2011, Roktachuan village had a population of 89. That makes it the 189th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Roktachuan village has 44 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Roktachuan has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Roktachuan is 825606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Roktachuan covers 162.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Roktachuan falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Roktachuan is Baskatwa B. H. Railway Station, about 4.2 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 Roktachuan.

Roktachuan is about 58 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Roktachuan is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Baskatwa B. H. Railway Station is about 4.2 km away. Chauparan is about 17 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Lohra (3.3 km), Kairjhar (3.9 km) and Gharsari (4.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Roktachuan today is likely to be higher.

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