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About Chorhet Village

Chorhet is a small village in Daru tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 142 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chorhet Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chorhet village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Daru
Pincode 825402
Area (hectares) 88 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 142
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chorhet compares

By the 2011 count Chorhet is the 45th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,006 residents. Its 88 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Chorhet

Chorhet is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chorhet as Available within 5 - 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 Chorhet from other places

Chorhet lies about 15 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Hazaribag Town, about 18 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 Chorhet
Tehsil headquarters Daru 7.5 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 15 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 15 km
Nearest railway station Hazaribag Town 18 km

Villages closest to Chorhet

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chorhet village had a population of 260. That makes it the 45th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,006 residents.

Chorhet village has 142 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chorhet has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Chorhet is 825402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chorhet covers 88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chorhet falls under Daru tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chorhet is Hazaribag Town, about 18 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chorhet.

Chorhet is about 15 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chorhet is in Daru tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Daru is about 7.5 km away. Hazaribagh is about 15 km away. Hazāribāgh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amli (under 2 km), Merkuri Kalan (under 2 km) and Muktama (under 2 km).

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

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