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About Chhota Khursi Village

Chhota Khursi is a small village in Ghatshila tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 470, made up of 244 males and 226 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125 hectares hectares.

Chhota Khursi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Khursi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Ghatshila
Area (hectares) 125 hectares
Population 470
Male Population 244
Female Population 226
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Chhota Khursi compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Khursi is the 70th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 596 residents. Its 125 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Chhota Khursi

Chhota Khursi is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Chhota Khursi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Chhota Khursi from other places

Chhota Khursi lies about 27 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rakha Mines, about 6.7 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 Chhota Khursi
Nearest railway station Rakha Mines 6.7 km
Nearest town Ghorabandha 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghatshila 16 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 27 km

Villages closest to Chhota Khursi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghatshila 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 Chhota Khursi

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Khursi village had a population of 470. That makes it the 70th largest of the 144 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 596 residents.

Chhota Khursi village has 244 males and 226 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Khursi has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Chhota Khursi covers 125 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Khursi falls under Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Khursi is Rakha Mines, about 6.7 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 km distance for Chhota Khursi.

Chhota Khursi is about 27 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chhota Khursi is in Ghatshila tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Rakha Mines is about 6.7 km away. Ghorabandha is about 15 km away. Ghatshila 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 Barakhursi (under 2 km), Kesharpur (4.2 km) and Chorinda (5.5 km).

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

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