About Chandra Village

Chandra is a large village in Ormanjhi tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,361, made up of 1,212 males and 1,149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1657.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835219, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chandra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chandra village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ormanjhi
Pincode	835219
Area (hectares)	1657.74 hectares
Population	2,361
Male Population	1,212
Female Population	1,149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	948
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chandra compares

By the 2011 count Chandra is the 9th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents. Its 1657.74 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

Getting to Chandra

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

Chandra lies about 20 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Jhanjhitoli Halt, about 5.1 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 Chandra
Nearest railway station	Jhanjhitoli Halt	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ormanjhi	12 km
Nearest town	Saunda	17 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	20 km

Villages closest to Chandra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chandra village had a population of 2,361. That makes it the 9th largest of the 86 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,033 residents.

Chandra village has 1,212 males and 1,149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chandra has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 960.

The pincode recorded for Chandra is 835219. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chandra covers 1657.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chandra falls under Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chandra is Jhanjhitoli Halt, about 5.1 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 10+ km distance for Chandra.

Chandra is about 20 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chandra is in Ormanjhi tehsil of Ranchi district. Jhanjhitoli Halt is about 5.1 km away. Ormanjhi is about 12 km away. Saunda is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.