About Charai Village

Charai is a mid sized village in Manjhari tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 768, made up of 362 males and 406 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,122 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Charai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Charai village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Manjhari
Pincode	833201
Area (hectares)	312 hectares
Population	768
Male Population	362
Female Population	406
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,122
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Charai compares

By the 2011 count Charai is the 38th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 312 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Charai

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

Charai lies about 26 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 8.6 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 Charai
Nearest railway station	Chaibasa	8.6 km
Nearest town	Chāībāsa	9.9 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Manjhari	27 km

Villages closest to Charai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Charai village had a population of 768. That makes it the 38th largest of the 64 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Charai village has 362 males and 406 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Charai has about 1122 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

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

Charai covers 312 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Charai falls under Manjhari tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Charai is Chaibasa, about 8.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Charai.

Charai is about 26 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Charai is in Manjhari tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Chaibasa is about 8.6 km away. Chāībāsa is about 9.9 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.