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About Chinchal Village

Chinchal is a small village in Khunti tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 233, made up of 127 males and 106 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 835 females per 1000 males. The village covers 103 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835210, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chinchal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chinchal village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Khunti
Pincode 835210
Area (hectares) 103 hectares
Population 233
Male Population 127
Female Population 106
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 835
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Chinchal compares

By the 2011 count Chinchal is the 120th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 600 residents. Its 103 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1021.

Getting to Chinchal

Chinchal is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chinchal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chinchal from other places

Chinchal lies about 17 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Balasiring, 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 Chinchal
Tehsil headquarters Khunti 17 km
Nearest railway station Balasiring 27 km

Villages closest to Chinchal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chinchal village had a population of 233. That makes it the 120th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 600 residents.

Chinchal village has 127 males and 106 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chinchal has about 835 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Chinchal is 835210. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chinchal covers 103 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chinchal falls under Khunti tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chinchal is Balasiring, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Chinchal.

Chinchal is about 17 km from Khunti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chinchal is in Khunti tehsil of Khunti district. Khunti is about 17 km away. Balasiring is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Totada (under 2 km), Kurkuta (under 2 km) and Garamara (under 2 km).

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

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