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About Checharia Village

Checharia is a small village in Mohammad Ganj tehsil, in the district of Palamu, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 71 males and 61 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Checharia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Checharia village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Palamu
Tehsil Mohammad Ganj
Pincode 822115
Area (hectares) 122 hectares
Population 132
Male Population 71
Female Population 61
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
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 Checharia compares

By the 2011 count Checharia is the 37th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 122 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Checharia

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

Checharia lies about 7.9 km from Palamu, and the nearest railway station is Nimiaghat, 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 Checharia
Tehsil headquarters Mohammad Ganj 7.9 km
District headquarters Palamu 7.9 km
Nearest railway station Nimiaghat 11 km
Nearest town Kāro 13 km

Villages closest to Checharia

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mohammad Ganj 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 Checharia

As per the Census of India 2011, Checharia village had a population of 132. That makes it the 37th largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Checharia village has 71 males and 61 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Checharia has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Checharia is 822115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Checharia covers 122 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.

Checharia falls under Mohammad Ganj tehsil of Palamu district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Checharia is Nimiaghat, 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 Checharia.

Checharia is about 7.9 km from Palamu in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Checharia is in Mohammad Ganj tehsil of Palamu district. Mohammad Ganj is about 7.9 km away. Palamu is about 7.9 km away. Nimiaghat is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tendua Kalan (3.7 km), Duba (9.6 km) and Tara (11 km).

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

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