About Chiru Village

Chiru is a large village in Herhanj tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,546, made up of 1,313 males and 1,233 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 603.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chiru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chiru village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Herhanj
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	603.46 hectares
Population	2,546
Male Population	1,313
Female Population	1,233
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Chiru compares

By the 2011 count Chiru is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 603.46 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Chiru

Chiru is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chiru as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chiru from other places

Chiru lies about 24 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Balumath, about 14 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 Chiru
Tehsil headquarters	Herhanj	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Balumath	14 km
District headquarters	Latehar	24 km
Nearest town	Lātehār	24 km

Villages closest to Chiru

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chiru village had a population of 2,546. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Chiru village has 1,313 males and 1,233 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chiru has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 975.

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

Chiru covers 603.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chiru falls under Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chiru is Balumath, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Chiru.

Chiru is about 24 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chiru is in Herhanj tehsil of Latehar district. Herhanj is about 7.6 km away. Balumath is about 14 km away. Latehar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.