About Chanho Village

Chanho is a small village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 306, made up of 164 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835227, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chanho Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chanho village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Karra
Pincode	835227
Area (hectares)	168.9 hectares
Population	306
Male Population	164
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
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 Chanho compares

By the 2011 count Chanho is the 136th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 168.9 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Chanho

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

Chanho lies about 22 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 6.6 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 Chanho
Nearest railway station	Govindpur Road	6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karra	14 km
District headquarters	Khunti	22 km

Villages closest to Chanho

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chanho village had a population of 306. That makes it the 136th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Chanho village has 164 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chanho has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Chanho is 835227. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chanho covers 168.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chanho falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chanho is Govindpur Road, about 6.6 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 Chanho.

Chanho is about 22 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chanho is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Govindpur Road is about 6.6 km away. Karra is about 14 km away. Khunti is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.