About Chorha Village

Chorha is a mid sized village in Garu tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,042, made up of 486 males and 556 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,144 females per 1000 males. The village covers 640 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chorha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chorha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Garu
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	640 hectares
Population	1,042
Male Population	486
Female Population	556
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,144
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chorha compares

By the 2011 count Chorha is the 5th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 439 residents. Its 640 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 1004.

Getting to Chorha

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

How far is Chorha from other places

Chorha lies about 21 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Kumandih, about 11 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 Chorha
Tehsil headquarters	Garu	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kumandih	11 km
District headquarters	Latehar	21 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	21 km

Villages closest to Chorha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chorha village had a population of 1,042. That makes it the 5th largest of the 69 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 439 residents.

Chorha village has 486 males and 556 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chorha has about 1144 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1004.

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

Chorha covers 640 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chorha falls under Garu tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chorha is Kumandih, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance for Chorha.

Chorha is about 21 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chorha is in Garu tehsil of Latehar district. Garu is about 7.3 km away. Kumandih is about 11 km away. Latehar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.