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About Chhotakuira Village

Chhotakuira is a mid sized village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,254, made up of 616 males and 638 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 408.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhotakuira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhotakuira village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Goilkera
Pincode 833105
Area (hectares) 408.39 hectares
Population 1,254
Male Population 616
Female Population 638
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,036
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Chhotakuira compares

By the 2011 count Chhotakuira is the 16th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 408.39 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Chhotakuira

Chhotakuira 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 Chhotakuira as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Chhotakuira from other places

Chhotakuira lies about 12 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 8.2 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 Chhotakuira
Nearest railway station Sonua 8.2 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Goilkera 16 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 18 km

Villages closest to Chhotakuira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhotakuira village had a population of 1,254. That makes it the 16th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Chhotakuira village has 616 males and 638 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhotakuira has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Chhotakuira is 833105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhotakuira covers 408.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhotakuira falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhotakuira is Sonua, about 8.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Chhotakuira is about 12 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhotakuira is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 8.2 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 12 km away. Goilkera is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadamdiha (under 2 km), Narsanda (under 2 km) and Ichahatu (2.8 km).

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

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