About Chitir Village

Chitir is a small village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 394, made up of 184 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,141 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitir village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Goilkera
Pincode	833105
Area (hectares)	124.45 hectares
Population	394
Male Population	184
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,141
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitir compares

By the 2011 count Chitir is the 77th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 124.45 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 1008.

Getting to Chitir

Chitir is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chitir as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Chitir from other places

Chitir lies about 38 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Mahadevsal, about 10 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 Chitir
Nearest railway station	Mahadevsal	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goilkera	14 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	38 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	38 km

Villages closest to Chitir

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.

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Common questions about Chitir

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitir village had a population of 394. That makes it the 77th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Chitir village has 184 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitir has about 1141 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

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

Chitir covers 124.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Chitir is Mahadevsal, about 10 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 10+ km distance for Chitir.

Chitir is about 38 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitir is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Mahadevsal is about 10 km away. Goilkera is about 14 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.