About Chirua Village

Chirua is a small village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 418, made up of 208 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 439.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chirua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chirua village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Kanke
Pincode	835222
Area (hectares)	439.28 hectares
Population	418
Male Population	208
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chirua compares

By the 2011 count Chirua is the 96th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 439.28 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Chirua

Chirua is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chirua 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chirua from other places

Chirua lies about 24 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Shanki, about 13 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 Chirua
Nearest railway station	Shanki	13 km
Nearest town	Patrātu	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanke	15 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	24 km

Villages closest to Chirua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chirua village had a population of 418. That makes it the 96th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Chirua village has 208 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chirua has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Chirua is 835222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chirua covers 439.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chirua falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chirua is Shanki, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Chirua.

Chirua is about 24 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chirua is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Shanki is about 13 km away. Patrātu is about 13 km away. Kanke is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.