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About Chhota Amda Village

Chhota Amda is a mid sized village in Kharsawan tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 650, made up of 323 males and 327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chhota Amda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chhota Amda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kharsawan
Pincode 833010
Area (hectares) 137 hectares
Population 650
Male Population 323
Female Population 327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,012
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Chhota Amda compares

By the 2011 count Chhota Amda is the 53rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 693 residents. Its 137 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Chhota Amda

Chhota Amda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Chhota Amda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Chhota Amda from other places

Chhota Amda lies about 17 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about under 2 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 Chhota Amda
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Kharsawan 5.7 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 17 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 20 km

Villages closest to Chhota Amda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kharsawan 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 Chhota Amda

As per the Census of India 2011, Chhota Amda village had a population of 650. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 693 residents.

Chhota Amda village has 323 males and 327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chhota Amda has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Chhota Amda is 833010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chhota Amda covers 137 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chhota Amda falls under Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chhota Amda is Rajkharsawan Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Chhota Amda.

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

Chhota Amda is in Kharsawan tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about under 2 km away. Kharsawan is about 5.7 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Buritopa (under 2 km), Bara Amda (under 2 km) and Gurlu Pada (under 2 km).

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

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