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About Chotagidi Village

Chotagidi is a small village in Gobindpur tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 368, made up of 183 males and 185 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 143.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Chotagidi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Chotagidi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Gobindpur
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 143.18 hectares
Population 368
Male Population 183
Female Population 185
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
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 Chotagidi compares

By the 2011 count Chotagidi is the 166th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 563 residents. Its 143.18 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Chotagidi

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

Chotagidi lies about 36 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Chaibasa, about 18 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 Chotagidi
Tehsil headquarters Gobindpur 16 km
Nearest railway station Chaibasa 18 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 36 km

Villages closest to Chotagidi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Chotagidi village had a population of 368. That makes it the 166th largest of the 236 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 563 residents.

Chotagidi village has 183 males and 185 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Chotagidi has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Chotagidi is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Chotagidi covers 143.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Chotagidi falls under Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Chotagidi is Chaibasa, about 18 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 Chotagidi.

Chotagidi is about 36 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Chotagidi is in Gobindpur tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Gobindpur is about 16 km away. Chaibasa is about 18 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baragidi (under 2 km), Shyam Sunderpur (under 2 km) and Rajabasa (1.7 km).

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

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