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About Angara Village

Angara is a small village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 115 males and 121 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,052 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Angara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Angara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Chandwa
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 206 hectares
Population 236
Male Population 115
Female Population 121
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,052
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Angara compares

By the 2011 count Angara is the 74th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 206 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 967.

Getting to Angara

Angara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Angara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Angara from other places

Angara lies about 27 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Biratoli, about 1.5 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 Angara
Nearest railway station Biratoli 1.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Chandwa 5.1 km
Nearest town Khalāri 26 km
District headquarters Latehar 27 km

Villages closest to Angara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Angara village had a population of 236. That makes it the 74th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Angara village has 115 males and 121 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Angara has about 1052 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

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

Angara covers 206 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Angara falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Angara is Biratoli, about 1.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Angara.

Angara is about 27 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Angara is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. Biratoli is about 1.5 km away. Chandwa is about 5.1 km away. Khalāri is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chatro (under 2 km), Ambadohar (under 2 km) and Ardhe (1.9 km).

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

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