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About Chatro Village

Chatro is a mid sized village in Dhalbhumgarh tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 679, made up of 339 males and 340 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168.27 hectares hectares.

Chatro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chatro village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Dhalbhumgarh
Area (hectares) 168.27 hectares
Population 679
Male Population 339
Female Population 340
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
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 Chatro compares

By the 2011 count Chatro is the 28th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 168.27 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Chatro

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

Chatro lies about 5.3 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Dalbhumgarh, about 5.4 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 Chatro
Tehsil headquarters Dhalbhumgarh 5.1 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 5.3 km
Nearest railway station Dalbhumgarh 5.4 km
Nearest town Ghātsīla 11 km

Villages closest to Chatro

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chatro village had a population of 679. That makes it the 28th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Chatro village has 339 males and 340 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chatro has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 985.

Chatro covers 168.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chatro falls under Dhalbhumgarh tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chatro is Dalbhumgarh, about 5.4 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 Chatro.

Chatro is about 5.3 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chatro is in Dhalbhumgarh tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Dhalbhumgarh is about 5.1 km away. Purbi Singhbhum is about 5.3 km away. Dalbhumgarh is about 5.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Samka (1.6 km), Panijiya (2.6 km) and Paharpur (2.9 km).

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

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