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About Chandarpur Village

Chandarpur is a mid sized village in Torpa tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 554, made up of 275 males and 279 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329 hectares hectares.

Chandarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandarpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Torpa
Area (hectares) 329 hectares
Population 554
Male Population 275
Female Population 279
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
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 Chandarpur compares

By the 2011 count Chandarpur is the 55th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 329 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Getting to Chandarpur

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

Chandarpur lies about 17 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Govindpur Road, about 12 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 Chandarpur
Tehsil headquarters Torpa 8.1 km
Nearest railway station Govindpur Road 12 km
District headquarters Khunti 17 km

Villages closest to Chandarpur

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.

Common questions about Chandarpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandarpur village had a population of 554. That makes it the 55th largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Chandarpur village has 275 males and 279 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandarpur has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1023.

Chandarpur covers 329 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chandarpur falls under Torpa tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chandarpur is Govindpur Road, about 12 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 Chandarpur.

Chandarpur 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.

Chandarpur is in Torpa tehsil of Khunti district. Torpa is about 8.1 km away. Govindpur Road is about 12 km away. Khunti is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Burka (under 2 km), Korla (1.7 km) and Uyur (1.9 km).

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

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