About Chalkad Village

Chalkad is a mid sized village in Erki tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 749, made up of 368 males and 381 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,035 females per 1000 males. The village covers 494.92 hectares hectares.

Chalkad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chalkad village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Erki
Area (hectares)	494.92 hectares
Population	749
Male Population	368
Female Population	381
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,035
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chalkad compares

By the 2011 count Chalkad is the 36th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 494.92 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Chalkad

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

Chalkad lies about 30 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 27 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 Chalkad
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Erki	30 km
District headquarters	Khunti	30 km

Villages closest to Chalkad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chalkad village had a population of 749. That makes it the 36th largest of the 126 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Chalkad village has 368 males and 381 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chalkad has about 1035 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1005.

Chalkad covers 494.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chalkad falls under Erki tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chalkad is Chakradharpur, about 27 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 village for Chalkad.

Chalkad is about 30 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chalkad is in Erki tehsil of Khunti district. Chakradharpur is about 27 km away. Erki is about 30 km away. Khunti is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.