About Chitarkota Village

Chitarkota is a large village in Ratu tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,051, made up of 1,503 males and 1,548 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,030 females per 1000 males. The village covers 608 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitarkota Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitarkota village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Ratu
Pincode	835205
Area (hectares)	608 hectares
Population	3,051
Male Population	1,503
Female Population	1,548
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,030
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Chitarkota compares

By the 2011 count Chitarkota is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,464 residents. Its 608 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Chitarkota

Chitarkota is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Chitarkota as Available within 5 - 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 Chitarkota from other places

Chitarkota lies about 17 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Itki, about 7.6 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 Chitarkota
Tehsil headquarters	Ratu	5.3 km
Nearest town	Rātu	5.3 km
Nearest railway station	Itki	7.6 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	17 km

Villages closest to Chitarkota

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitarkota village had a population of 3,051. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,464 residents.

Chitarkota village has 1,503 males and 1,548 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitarkota has about 1030 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Chitarkota is 835205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitarkota covers 608 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chitarkota falls under Ratu tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chitarkota is Itki, about 7.6 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 10+ km distance for Chitarkota.

Chitarkota is about 17 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitarkota is in Ratu tehsil of Ranchi district. Ratu is about 5.3 km away. Rātu is about 5.3 km away. Itki is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.