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About Anchu Village

Anchu is a mid sized village in Chaibasa tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 603 males and 704 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 403.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Anchu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Anchu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Chaibasa
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 403.72 hectares
Population 1,307
Male Population 603
Female Population 704
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,167
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Anchu compares

By the 2011 count Anchu is the 26th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 403.72 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Anchu

Anchu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Anchu as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Anchu from other places

Anchu lies about 19 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 4.3 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 Anchu
Nearest railway station Chaibasa 4.3 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 5.6 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 19 km

Villages closest to Anchu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Anchu village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 26th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Anchu village has 603 males and 704 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Anchu has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Anchu is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Anchu covers 403.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Anchu falls under Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Anchu is Chaibasa, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Anchu.

Anchu is about 19 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Anchu is in Chaibasa tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Chaibasa is about 4.3 km away. Chāībāsa is about 5.6 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amita (under 2 km), Ghaghri (2.1 km) and Burujal (2.5 km).

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

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