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About Chakri Village

Chakri is a mid sized village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 631, made up of 311 males and 320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 351 hectares hectares.

Chakri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chakri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Dumaria
Area (hectares) 351 hectares
Population 631
Male Population 311
Female Population 320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,029
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 Chakri compares

By the 2011 count Chakri is the 36th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 688 residents. Its 351 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Chakri

Chakri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Chakri 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 Chakri from other places

Chakri lies about 121 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Sonua, about 23 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 Chakri
Nearest railway station Sonua 23 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumaria 30 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 121 km

Villages closest to Chakri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chakri village had a population of 631. That makes it the 36th largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 688 residents.

Chakri village has 311 males and 320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chakri has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1003.

Chakri covers 351 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chakri falls under Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chakri is Sonua, about 23 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 Chakri.

Chakri is about 121 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chakri is in Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Sonua is about 23 km away. Chakradharpur is about 25 km away. Dumaria is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badal Kocha (4.6 km), Bakra Kocha (4.6 km) and Damukocha (4.6 km).

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

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