About Chilgaon Village

Chilgaon is a small village in Maheshpur tehsil, in the district of Pakur, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 461, made up of 239 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 160.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816107, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chilgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chilgaon village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pakur
Tehsil	Maheshpur
Pincode	816107
Area (hectares)	160.69 hectares
Population	461
Male Population	239
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chilgaon compares

By the 2011 count Chilgaon is the 159th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 656 residents. Its 160.69 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Chilgaon

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

Chilgaon lies about 15 km from Pakur, and the nearest railway station is Nagarnabi, about 16 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 Chilgaon
Tehsil headquarters	Maheshpur	12 km
District headquarters	Pakur	15 km
Nearest railway station	Nagarnabi	16 km

Villages closest to Chilgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chilgaon village had a population of 461. That makes it the 159th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 656 residents.

Chilgaon village has 239 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chilgaon has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Chilgaon is 816107. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chilgaon covers 160.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chilgaon falls under Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chilgaon is Nagarnabi, about 16 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 Chilgaon.

Chilgaon is about 15 km from Pakur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chilgaon is in Maheshpur tehsil of Pakur district. Maheshpur is about 12 km away. Pakur is about 15 km away. Nagarnabi is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.