About Chakla Village

Chakla is a small village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 217, made up of 100 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,170 females per 1000 males. The village covers 123 hectares hectares.

Chakla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakla village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Khunti
Tehsil	Torpa
Area (hectares)	123 hectares
Population	217
Male Population	100
Female Population	117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,170
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chakla compares

By the 2011 count Chakla is the 86th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 123 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Chakla

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

Chakla lies about 58 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bano, about 4.3 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 Chakla
Nearest railway station	Bano	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Torpa	34 km
Nearest town	Birmitrapur	34 km
District headquarters	Khunti	58 km

Villages closest to Chakla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakla village had a population of 217. That makes it the 86th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Chakla village has 100 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakla has about 1170 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1023.

Chakla covers 123 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.

Chakla falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chakla is Bano, about 4.3 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 Chakla.

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

Chakla is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Bano is about 4.3 km away. Torpa is about 34 km away. Birmitrapur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.