About Chitpahar Village

Chitpahar is a small village in Pathna tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 37, made up of 15 males and 22 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,467 females per 1000 males. The village covers 88.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chitpahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chitpahar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Pathna
Pincode	816101
Area (hectares)	88.36 hectares
Population	37
Male Population	15
Female Population	22
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,467
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 Chitpahar compares

By the 2011 count Chitpahar is the 113th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 615 residents. Its 88.36 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 1030.

Getting to Chitpahar

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

Chitpahar lies about 38 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Bakudi, about 4.4 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 Chitpahar
Nearest railway station	Bakudi	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pathna	8.0 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	18 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	38 km

Villages closest to Chitpahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chitpahar village had a population of 37. That makes it the 113th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 615 residents.

Chitpahar village has 15 males and 22 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chitpahar has about 1467 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Chitpahar is 816101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chitpahar covers 88.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Chitpahar falls under Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chitpahar is Bakudi, about 4.4 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 Chitpahar.

Chitpahar is about 38 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chitpahar is in Pathna tehsil of Sahibganj district. Bakudi is about 4.4 km away. Pathna is about 8.0 km away. Rājmahal is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.