About Chitarpur Village

Chitarpur is a mid sized village in Balumath tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,286, made up of 601 males and 685 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,140 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitarpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Balumath
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	481 hectares
Population	1,286
Male Population	601
Female Population	685
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,140
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitarpur compares

By the 2011 count Chitarpur is the 24th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents. Its 481 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

Getting to Chitarpur

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

Chitarpur lies about 28 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kusmahi, about 2.2 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 Chitarpur
Nearest railway station	Kusmahi	2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balumath	7.2 km
Nearest town	Khalāri	27 km
District headquarters	Latehar	28 km

Villages closest to Chitarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitarpur village had a population of 1,286. That makes it the 24th largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,349 residents.

Chitarpur village has 601 males and 685 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitarpur has about 1140 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 979.

The pincode recorded for Chitarpur is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitarpur covers 481 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitarpur falls under Balumath tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chitarpur is Kusmahi, about 2.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Chitarpur.

Chitarpur is about 28 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitarpur is in Balumath tehsil of Latehar district. Kusmahi is about 2.2 km away. Balumath is about 7.2 km away. Khalāri is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.