About Chatam Village

Chatam is a small village in Barwadih tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 233, made up of 120 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 942 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chatam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chatam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Barwadih
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	156.6 hectares
Population	233
Male Population	120
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	942
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chatam compares

By the 2011 count Chatam is the 68th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents. Its 156.6 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Chatam

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

Chatam lies about 20 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kumandih, about 9.0 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 Chatam
Nearest railway station	Kumandih	9.0 km
District headquarters	Latehar	20 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barwadih	26 km

Villages closest to Chatam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chatam village had a population of 233. That makes it the 68th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,137 residents.

Chatam village has 120 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chatam has about 942 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 972.

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

Chatam covers 156.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chatam falls under Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chatam is Kumandih, about 9.0 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 Chatam.

Chatam is about 20 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chatam is in Barwadih tehsil of Latehar district. Kumandih is about 9.0 km away. Latehar is about 20 km away. Lātehār is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.