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About Chhota Ghagri Village

Chhota Ghagri is a small village in Litipara tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 305, made up of 151 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Ghagri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Ghagri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pakur
Tehsil Litipara
Pincode 816102
Area (hectares) 142 hectares
Population 305
Male Population 151
Female Population 154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
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 Chhota Ghagri compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Ghagri is the 93rd largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 384 residents. Its 142 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Chhota Ghagri

Chhota Ghagri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chhota Ghagri 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 Chhota Ghagri from other places

Chhota Ghagri lies about 35 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about 24 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 Chhota Ghagri
Tehsil headquarters Litipara 14 km
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction 24 km
Nearest town Godda 33 km
District headquarters Pakur 35 km

Villages closest to Chhota Ghagri

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Litipara 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 Chhota Ghagri

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Ghagri village had a population of 305. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 384 residents.

Chhota Ghagri village has 151 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Ghagri has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1048.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Ghagri is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Ghagri covers 142 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Ghagri falls under Litipara tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Ghagri is Barharwa Junction, about 24 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 Chhota Ghagri.

Chhota Ghagri is about 35 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhota Ghagri is in Litipara tehsil of Pakur district. Litipara is about 14 km away. Barharwa Junction is about 24 km away. Godda is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhotaghagri (under 2 km), Bara Ghagri (under 2 km) and Kaldanpahar (4.5 km).

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

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